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Joan and Jim are planning a dinner menu including a main dish and dessert. They have
Joan and Jim would like to know how many different dinner menus they have to choose from. One way to make sure you have considered the entire sample space – all the possible menu outcomes – is to make a table like the one at right. How many different menus are there?
steak
vegetable casserole
turkey burgers
vegetable lasagna
chocolate
browniesstrawberry
ice creamchocolate chip
cookiesEach line represents one unique dinner menu.
Steak with Brownies
Steak with Ice Cream
Steak with Chocolate Chip Cookies
Tuna Casserole with Brownies
Tuna Casserole with Ice Cream
Tuna Casserole with Chocolate Chip Cookies
Turkey Burgers with Brownies
Turkey Burgers with Ice Cream
Turkey Burgers with Chocolate Chip Cookies
Lasagna with Brownies
Lasagna with Ice Cream
Lasagna with Chocolate Chips CookiesAssume the main dish choice and the dessert choice are both chosen randomly. Are all the menus equally likely?
What is the probability they pick a menu without meat? What is the probability they pick a menu with chocolate?