SOLUTION: A treatment for hypertension relief can be acquired from 5 different manufacturers in capsule, liquid, or tablet form, all of which come in regular and extra strength. How many dif

Question 1127054: A treatment for hypertension relief can be acquired from 5 different manufacturers in capsule, liquid, or tablet form, all of which come in regular and extra strength. How many different ways can a specialist prescribe the treatment for a patient suffering from hypertension?
Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

5 choices for the manufacturer; 3 choices for the form; 2 choices for the strength.

By the fundamental counting principle, multiply all the numbers of choices to get the total number of different prescriptions possible.
RELATED QUESTIONS
A drug for the relief of asthma can be purchased from 5 different manufacturers in... (answered by fractalier)

A study was done to determine the efficacy of two different headache tablets A and B.... (answered by ikleyn)

An open label study(where participants are aware of the treatment they are are taking) is (answered by stanbon)

A medical research team selects three patients at random from a group of nine patients... (answered by jorel1380)

A clinical trial is conducted comparing a new pain reliever for arthritis to a placebo.... (answered by stanbon)

In a test of effectiveness of garlic for lowering cholesterol, 48 subjects were treated... (answered by stanbon)