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15. On Friday nights the local diner serves three main entrées, each with a choice of vegetable. The entrées are beef, chicken, and fish. The vegetables are spinach, broccoli, and carrots. How many possible dinners (entrée and vegetable combinations) does the diner serve? List them
There are nine possible dinner combinations:
1. Beef with spinach
2. Beef with broccoli
3. Beef with carrots
4. Chicken with spinach
5. Chicken with broccoli
6. Chicken with carrots
7. Fish with spinach
8. Fish with broccoli
9. Fish with carrots
Therefore, the diner serves nine possible dinner combinations.