To get to the other side of the lake, one can drive around it on Lake Road, go over the bridge or ride the ferry. How many different ways can one go across the lake and back?

5,6,9

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Maliyah Humphrey

Mathematics

24 January, 13:12

To get to the other side of the lake, one can drive around it on Lake Road, go over the bridge or ride the ferry. How many different ways can one go across the lake and back?

5,6,9

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Royce Meadows · Answer 1

The answer is 9, here are all the possible combinations ...

road, road

road, bridge

road, ferry

bridge, bridge

bridge, ferry

bridge, road

ferry, ferry

ferry, bridge

ferry, boat

(or you can do 3 input combinations by 3 output combinations "3 x 3" = 9)

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To get to the other side of the lake, one can drive around it on Lake Road, go over the bridge or ride the ferry. How many different ways can one go across the lake and back?5,6,9

To get to the other side of the lake, one can drive around it on Lake Road, go over the bridge or ride the ferry. How many different ways can one go across the lake and back?

5,6,9