Five different condiments, plus no condiments, means 6*5*4*3*2*1 = 720
distinct combinations.
WDA
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"Abdul Rahman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Please help me with my statistics.
>
> Question:
>
> If you order a burger from McDonald's you have a choice of the following
> condiments:ketchup, mustard , lettuce. pickles, and mayonnaise. A
> customer can ask for all thesecondiments or any subset of them when he
> or she orders a burger. How many different combinations of condiments
> can be ordered? No condiment at all conts as one combination.
>
>
> Your help is badly needed
>
> Just an Idiot@leftover
>
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