Question

For the dinner special at a restaurant , the customer must choose a salad, an entree, a side dish, and a dessert... How many dinner specials are possible?

Answer 1

All you need to do is multiply the different types of each choice.

For salad, there are three different items. For entree, there are four different items. For side dish, there are three different items. for dessert, there are three different items.

Multiply the four numbers:

$3 \times 4 \times 3 \times 3 = 108$

108 dinner specials are possible.

Answer 2

Answer:

The answer is 144 possibilities.

Step-by-step explanation:

According to the given table, we can count the number of categories.

3 salads  (Caesar, garden, southwest)

4 entrees  (grilled chicken,pot roast, salmon,lamb)

4 side dish (mix vegetable,baked potato,rice,french fries)

3 desserts  (chocolate cake,brownies, ice cream)

To know the total number of possibilities, we will multiply all the categories.

$3\times4\times4\times3=144$

The answer is 144.