Julie is a wedding coordinator. She is selecting the menu options for the reception.First, she will give the guests a choice of salad, soup, or bread for the first course. Then, she will allow them to pick from a chicken, steak, fish, or a vegetarian for their main course. Finally, she will allow the guests to choose bride’s vanilla cake, the groom’s chocolate cake, or a cookie. How many outcomes are possible?A. 3B. 4C. 10D. 36

Your answer would be D, or 36 outcomes.To do this, multiply together the quantity of options each course has. The first course has 3 choices, the main has 4, and the dessert has 3. Multiplying these: 3 * 4 * 3, would get the answer of 36 outcomes.Explanation:To see why this is done, just take 2 courses as an example. The first course has 3 different options, and then for each one of those options, there is a pairing with 4 different main course options. For example, there's salad + 4 choices, soup + 4 choices, and bread + 4 choices. Therefore, you would end up multiplying 4 choices by 3 times (or the 3 choices of the first course) to get your answer. Applying this in this scenario, there are then 3 paths after the first two courses, so you would just multiply 3*4*3.Hope this helped!