there are 7 apples and 3 pears in a basket . in how many different ways can we pick an apple ?
7, since there are 7 apples.
I suspect you have omitted something.
To determine the number of ways we can pick an apple from the basket, we need to consider that there are 7 apples in total. Since we only want to pick one apple at a time, we have 7 options to choose from.
Therefore, the number of different ways we can pick an apple from the basket is 7.