SOLUTION: if there is 3 meats and3 dishes at dinner. how many dfferent combinations of meat and side dishes can be made?

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Question 569378: if there is 3 meats and3 dishes at dinner. how many dfferent combinations of meat and side dishes can be made?
Answer by IWork4Dessert(60) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The easiest way to do a problem like this is to draw it out. Let's have x be meat and o be side dishes.
x x x
o o o
Now draw a line from the first x to the first o, then the second o, then the third o. Do the same thing for the other x's. You should get 9 lines. Done!