A sandwich consists of one type of meat, one type of condiment, and

one type of cheese. The possible choices are listed below:

Meat: beef, chicken, turkey

Condiment: ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise

Cheese: American, cheddar, provolone, mozzarella

In the sample space of all the possible different sandwiches consisting

of one type of meat, one type of condiment, and one type of cheese,

how many sandwiches do not include provolone cheese?

(1) 27 (3) 3

(2) 9 (4) 36

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Anthony Johns

Mathematics

20 August, 11:38

A sandwich consists of one type of meat, one type of condiment, and

one type of cheese. The possible choices are listed below:

Meat: beef, chicken, turkey

Condiment: ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise

Cheese: American, cheddar, provolone, mozzarella

In the sample space of all the possible different sandwiches consisting

of one type of meat, one type of condiment, and one type of cheese,

how many sandwiches do not include provolone cheese?

(1) 27 (3) 3

(2) 9 (4) 36

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Shaniya Rubio · Answer 1

Go through all possible combinations without provolone:

1. Beef, Ketchup, American

2. Beef, Ketchup, Cheddar

3. Beef, Ketchup, Mozzarella

Continue doing this for all of them, making sure you combine everything with everything else.

26. Turkey, Mayonnaise, Cheddar

27. Turkey, Mayonnaise, Mozzarella

By doing this, you come to the answer 27.