A deli has a lunch special which consists of a sandwich, soup, dessert and drink for $4.99. They offer the following choices:
Sandwich: chicken, ham, tuna, roast beef
Soup: tomato, chicken noodle, vegetable
Dessert: cookie in pie
Drinks: tea, coffee, Coke, diet Coke, sprite. How many total lunch specials are there?
A. 30
B. 90
C. 120
D. 4
There are 4 choices for the sandwich, 3 choices for the soup, 2 choices for the dessert, and 5 choices for the drink. We can use the multiplication rule of counting to determine the total number of lunch specials:
4 choices for the sandwich × 3 choices for the soup × 2 choices for the dessert × 5 choices for the drink = 120
Therefore, the answer is (C) 120.