document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1193917>Question 1193917</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Lucinda goes to the local pizzeria for dinner with a group of friends. The menu offers 4 types of soup, 5 main meals, 6 desserts and 3 different types of drinks. Lucinda will order 2 different courses and a drink. How many dinner options does she have?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Textbook answer is 222.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Can someone explain the solution of this problem?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4*5*6 = 120 (for the first course)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3*4*5 = 60 (for the second course)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then i add them up to 180 and multiply it by 3 to get 540.  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "(1) The textbook answer you show doesn't make any sense.  Are you looking at the answer for a different problem?<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "(2) The statement of the problem is deficient -- it doesn't define what a \"course\" is.  Even if we assume that a \"course\" is a soup, a main meal, a dessert, and a drink, it is possible that the two different courses might contain, for example, the same soup.<br><BR>\n" );
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