Higher June 2018 Paper 4 Q13

OCRHigherCurrent spec5 marksCombinations

13 A menu has

  • 6 starters
  • 10 main dishes
  • 7 desserts.
(a) A three-course meal consists of a starter, a main dish and a dessert.

How many different three-course meals are possible? [2]

(b) A two-course meal consists either of a starter with a main dish, a starter with a dessert or a main dish with a dessert.

Show that there are 172 possible different two-course meals. [3]