A bag lunch consists of a sandwich, chips, and fruit. There may be a peanut butter sandwich, a cheese sandwich, or a roast beef sandwich. There may be corn chips, potato chips, pita chips, or pretzel chips. There maybe an apple, an orange, or a pear. How many different bag lunches are possible?

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Adolfo Mooney

3 June, 03:19

A bag lunch consists of a sandwich, chips, and fruit. There may be a peanut butter sandwich, a cheese sandwich, or a roast beef sandwich. There may be corn chips, potato chips, pita chips, or pretzel chips. There maybe an apple, an orange, or a pear. How many different bag lunches are possible?

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Caroline Knapp · Answer 1

there are 36 possible bag lunches

Step-by-step explanation:

Assuming that the possible sandwiches do not depend on the selection of the chips and fruits (and the same for chips or fruits respect to the other food in the bag)

then

number of possible bag lunches = possible sandwiches * possible chips * possible fruits = 3 * 4 * 3 = 36

then there are 36 possible bag lunches