If I have 15 flavors of ice cream and 81 different toppings, how many different combinations could I create (assuming only 1 flavor of ice cream in the container at a time)?

I got 36267774588438900000000000 ???
IS THIS RIGHT???

No.

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Ms. Sue ???? i could have 0 toppings (that's 15).....or i could have 1 topping (x's 15 flavors) - that's 1215 ...or i could have 2 toppings 81x80(x's 15 flavors) that's 97200 more...

Don't i have to get the sum of all of the combinations ??

OK. I assumed only one flavor and one topping.

To find the total number of combinations, we multiply the number of ice cream flavors by the number of toppings. In this case, you have 15 flavors of ice cream and 81 different toppings. Since you can only have one flavor of ice cream in the container at a time, you need to multiply these two quantities.

The formula to find the number of combinations is:

Number of Combinations = Number of Ice Cream Flavors * Number of Toppings

So, the calculation is:

15 flavors * 81 toppings = 1,215 combinations

Therefore, the correct answer is 1,215 different combinations, not 36,267,774,588,438,900,000,000,000.