Different Lunches from Lunch Menu

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zulfi100

Joined Jun 7, 2012
656
Hi,
I have got following question which i cant solve:

A diner serves a lunch special, consisting of soup or salad, a sandwich, coffee or tea and a dessert. If the menu lists 3 soups , 2 salads, 7 sandwiches and 8 desserts, how many different lunches can you choose?

My solution is:

Sandwiches = 7

Deserts = 8

The above two are without 'or' so their combinations = 56.

Combining 2 Salads = 56 * 2 = 112

or Combining 3 soups = 56 * 3 = 168

Total = 112 + 168 = 280


but answer is wrong. Some body please guide me.


Zulfi.
 
Hi,
Thanks for your response.

3 soups. There is no quantity mentioned about tea & coffee, so i am not considering them.

Zulfi.
As I read the problem, not considering coffee or tea is why you are not getting the right answer. You may be getting tricked by the wording...what if it were phrased as two kinds of drinks?

"A diner serves a lunch special, consisting of soup or salad, a sandwich, coffee or tea and a dessert. If the menu lists 3 soups , 2 salads, 7 sandwiches and 8 desserts, how many different lunches can you choose?"

Lunch=(soup or salad)+sandwich+(coffee or tea) + dessert. Right?
 

WBahn

Joined Mar 31, 2012
29,976
Consider the following rephrase:

Your meal consists of one choice for each of the following four items: appetizer, entrée, drink, dessert.

Your appetizer can be one of our three soups or one of our two salads.
Your entrée can be one of our seven sandwiches.
Your drink can be either tea or coffee.
Your dessert can be one of our eight desserts.

How many options does the person have for each of the four items.

How many possible combinations of them are there?
 

Thread Starter

zulfi100

Joined Jun 7, 2012
656
Hi,
<Your appetizer can be one of our three soups or one of our two salads.>

Let the soups be: S1, S2, S3 & Salads be: C1, C2
Combinations: S1C1, S2C1, S3C1, S1C2, S2C2, S3C2.
There are 6 combinations.
Zulfi.
 

WBahn

Joined Mar 31, 2012
29,976
Hi,
<Your appetizer can be one of our three soups or one of our two salads.>

Let the soups be: S1, S2, S3 & Salads be: C1, C2
Combinations: S1C1, S2C1, S3C1, S1C2, S2C2, S3C2.
There are 6 combinations.
Zulfi.
Think about this. You get ONE appetizer. It can EITHER be one of the three soups, OR one of the two salads.

How many different selections can you make?

To make it even more practical:

Appetizer Menu: Choose one of the following:
Soups: Tomato, Mushroom, Chicken Noodle
Salads: Caesar, Tossed

How many appetizer selections do you have?
 

Thread Starter

zulfi100

Joined Jun 7, 2012
656
Hi,
Thanks for your response. I am able to solve this prob.

Actually i was doing mistake here, and it slipped from your attention:
<
Let the soups be: S1, S2, S3 & Salads be: C1, C2
Combinations: S1C1, S2C1, S3C1, S1C2, S2C2, S3C2.
There are 6 combinations.
>
There would be 5 combinations not 6.
Zulfi.
 
Hi,
Thanks for your response. I am able to solve this prob.

Actually i was doing mistake here, and it slipped from your attention:
<
Let the soups be: S1, S2, S3 & Salads be: C1, C2
Combinations: S1C1, S2C1, S3C1, S1C2, S2C2, S3C2.
There are 6 combinations.
>
There would be 5 combinations not 6.
Zulfi.
What is your answer?
 

Thread Starter

zulfi100

Joined Jun 7, 2012
656
Hi,
I wrote this earlier:
S1C1, S1C2, S2C1, S2C2, S3C1, S3C2
but its not correct. It says soup or salad. I cant have both. So i have to take each of them alone so there are 5 choices now:

S1, S2, S3, C1, C2

and similarly for tea or coffee, i cant have both so there are two choices:
Tea , coffee
My answer is:
7 * 8 * 5 * 2 = 560
Thanks.
Zulfi.
 
Hi,
I wrote this earlier:
S1C1, S1C2, S2C1, S2C2, S3C1, S3C2
but its not correct. It says soup or salad. I cant have both. So i have to take each of them alone so there are 5 choices now:

S1, S2, S3, C1, C2

and similarly for tea or coffee, i cant have both so there are two choices:
Tea , coffee
My answer is:
7 * 8 * 5 * 2 = 560
Thanks.
Zulfi.
Yes, you do have it! Good deal.
 

WBahn

Joined Mar 31, 2012
29,976
Hi,
Thanks for your response. I am able to solve this prob.

Actually i was doing mistake here, and it slipped from your attention:
<
Let the soups be: S1, S2, S3 & Salads be: C1, C2
Combinations: S1C1, S2C1, S3C1, S1C2, S2C2, S3C2.
There are 6 combinations.
>
There would be 5 combinations not 6.
Zulfi.
How did it slip from our attention? Both RBR1317 and I promptly indicated an issue with this claim.
 
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