for example, you can pick one choice of each group:
meat has 4 choices
vegetables has 3 choices
bread has 3 choices
How do you figure the possible combination if you get one item from each group? What is the formula?
2006-11-20 11:56:56 · 3 answers · asked by izzywillynillyone 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Just multiply all the numbers together. 4 x 3 x 3 = 36 possible combinations of the three catagories, one item from each.
2006-11-20 11:59:15 · answer #1 · answered by TitoBob 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The term for this isn't really "combinations" (which you'll probably do a couple of sections later). It's called "choices" or just counting.
All you do is multiply. Here you take 4 * 4 * 4 = 36 choices
2006-11-20 19:59:54 · answer #2 · answered by dmb 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
multilply
bread times meat times veggeis w/e order works
btw,
whatever categories there are, you just mulitply like
shoes times shirts time pants if it was for dressing options
2006-11-20 20:00:42 · answer #3 · answered by maizy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋