Question

For the dinner special at a restaurant the customer must choose an appetizer a salad and entree a side dish and a dessert here are the items to choose from
Appetizer: buffalo wings, nachos, shrimp cocktail, potato skins
Salad: Southwest, garden, Caesar
Entree: roast turkey, salmon, lamb, pot roast, T-Bone
Side dish: french fries, rice, corn
Dessert: cheesecake, apple pie, chocolate cake

How many dinner specials are possible

Answer 1

To calculate the total number of dinner specials possible, we need to multiply the number of choices in each category:

Number of choices for Appetizer = 4 (buffalo wings, nachos, shrimp cocktail, potato skins)
Number of choices for Salad = 3 (Southwest, garden, Caesar)
Number of choices for Entree = 5 (roast turkey, salmon, lamb, pot roast, T-Bone)
Number of choices for Side dish = 3 (french fries, rice, corn)
Number of choices for Dessert = 3 (cheesecake, apple pie, chocolate cake)

Total number of dinner specials = (4 choices for Appetizer) x (3 choices for Salad) x (5 choices for Entree) x (3 choices for Side dish) x (3 choices for Dessert)
= 4 x 3 x 5 x 3 x 3
= 360

Therefore, there are 360 possible dinner specials.

Answer 2

Reevaluate your answer

Answer 3

Apologies for the mistake. Let's reevaluate the answer:

Number of choices for Appetizer = 4 (buffalo wings, nachos, shrimp cocktail, potato skins)
Number of choices for Salad = 3 (Southwest, garden, Caesar)
Number of choices for Entree = 5 (roast turkey, salmon, lamb, pot roast, T-Bone)
Number of choices for Side dish = 3 (french fries, rice, corn)
Number of choices for Dessert = 3 (cheesecake, apple pie, chocolate cake)

Total number of dinner specials = (Number of choices for Appetizer) x (Number of choices for Salad) x (Number of choices for Entree) x (Number of choices for Side dish) x (Number of choices for Dessert)
= 4 x 3 x 5 x 3 x 3
= 540

Therefore, there are 540 possible dinner specials.