A pizza place offers 5 different cheeses and 10 different toppings. In how many ways can a pizza be made with 3 cheese and 6 toppings?
1 Answer
May 28, 2017
2100
Explanation:
We're talking about combinations - that is, we don't care in what order the toppings are chosen (much like we don't care in what order we are dealt a poker hand). The general formula is:
We can calculate the way to pick 3 cheeses from a pool of 5 and we can also calculate the number of ways to pick 6 toppings from a pool of 10. We can then multiply these two numbers to find a total number of ways to do them together.