3 salads, 4 main dishes, and 2 desserts
Total meal combinations are found by multiplying each salad, main dish, and dessert using the fundamental rule of counting.
The fundamental rule of counting states, if there are a ways of doing one thing, b ways of doing another thing, and c ways of doing another thing, than the total combinations of all the ways are found by a * b * c.
With 3 salads, 4 main dishes, and 2 desserts, our total meal combinations are:
3 * 4 * 2 = 24 different meal combinations.
Total meal combinations are found by multiplying each salad, main dish, and dessert using the fundamental rule of counting.
The fundamental rule of counting states, if there are a ways of doing one thing, b ways of doing another thing, and c ways of doing another thing, than the total combinations of all the ways are found by a * b * c.
With 3 salads, 4 main dishes, and 2 desserts, our total meal combinations are:
3 * 4 * 2 = 24 different meal combinations.