A university cafeteria offers 4 flavors of pizza - pepperoni, chicken, Hawaiian and vegetarian. If a customer has an option to add extra cheese, mushrooms, or both to any kind of pizza, how many different pizza varieties are available?
a) 12
b) 16
c) 8
d) 20
c) 10
OA {B}
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Is it 16? 12 with the cheese and and stuff and the regular 4theCodeToGMAT wrote:A university cafeteria offers 4 flavors of pizza - pepperoni, chicken, Hawaiian and vegetarian. If a customer has an option to add extra cheese, mushrooms, or both to any kind of pizza, how many different pizza varieties are available?
a) 12
b) 16
c) 8
d) 20
c) 10
OA {B}
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Take the task of building a pizza and break it into stages.theCodeToGMAT wrote:A university cafeteria offers 4 flavors of pizza - pepperoni, chicken, Hawaiian and vegetarian. If a customer has an option to add extra cheese, mushrooms, or both to any kind of pizza, how many different pizza varieties are available?
a) 12
b) 16
c) 8
d) 20
c) 10
Stage 1: Choose one of the flavors
There are 4 flavors of pizza (pepperoni, chicken, Hawaiian and vegetarian), so we can complete stage 1 in 4 ways
Stage 2: Choose whether to add extra cheese
We can either add extra cheese or not add extra cheese, so we can complete stage 2 in 2 ways.
Stage 3: Choose whether to add mushrooms
We can either add mushrooms or not mushrooms, so we can complete stage 3 in 2 ways.
By the Fundamental Counting Principle (FCP) we can complete all 3 stages (and thus build a pizza) in (4)(2)(2) ways ([spoiler]= 16 ways[/spoiler])
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Since the 5 answer choices are all relatively small, we can also consider listing all of the possible options as a viable approach.theCodeToGMAT wrote:A university cafeteria offers 4 flavors of pizza - pepperoni, chicken, Hawaiian and vegetarian. If a customer has an option to add extra cheese, mushrooms, or both to any kind of pizza, how many different pizza varieties are available?
a) 12
b) 16
c) 8
d) 20
c) 10
OA {B}
P = pepperoni
C = chicken
H = hawaiian
V = vegetarian
E = extra cheese
M = mushrooms
All possible pizzas
- P
- C
- H
- V
- PE
- CE
- HE
- VE
- PM
- CM
- HM
- VME
- PME
- CME
- HME
- VME
Total = [spoiler]16 = B[/spoiler]
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Hi All,
This question is more about organization and thoroughness than math skills. The various explanations present different way to organize the work, so I'll add one more option:
With 4 types of pizzas (pepperoni, chicken, Hawaiian and vegetarian) and 4 options (AS IS, extra cheese, extra mushrooms, BOTH extra cheese and mushrooms).
4 x 4 = 16
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This question is more about organization and thoroughness than math skills. The various explanations present different way to organize the work, so I'll add one more option:
With 4 types of pizzas (pepperoni, chicken, Hawaiian and vegetarian) and 4 options (AS IS, extra cheese, extra mushrooms, BOTH extra cheese and mushrooms).
4 x 4 = 16
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Brent@GMATPrepNow wrote:Take the task of building a pizza and break it into stages.theCodeToGMAT wrote:A university cafeteria offers 4 flavors of pizza - pepperoni, chicken, Hawaiian and vegetarian. If a customer has an option to add extra cheese, mushrooms, or both to any kind of pizza, how many different pizza varieties are available?
a) 12
b) 16
c) 8
d) 20
c) 10
Stage 1: Choose one of the flavors
There are 4 flavors of pizza (pepperoni, chicken, Hawaiian and vegetarian), so we can complete stage 1 in 4 ways
Stage 2: Choose whether to add extra cheese
We can either add extra cheese or not add extra cheese, so we can complete stage 2 in 2 ways.
Stage 3: Choose whether to add mushrooms
We can either add mushrooms or not mushrooms, so we can complete stage 3 in 2 ways.
By the Fundamental Counting Principle (FCP) we can complete all 3 stages (and thus build a pizza) in (4)(2)(2) ways ([spoiler]= 16 ways[/spoiler])
Cheers,
Brent
Aside: For more information about the FCP, watch our free video: https://www.gmatprepnow.com/module/gmat-counting?id=775
Hi Brent
I think Answer should be 12
since 4 flavors of pizza - pepperoni, chicken, Hawaiian and vegetarian.
3 Options -Add extra cheese, mushrooms, or both to any kind of pizza,
Total Options - 4 * 3 = 12
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There are actually 4 options: Add extra cheese, mushrooms, both to any kind of pizza or add no toppings (cheese or muchroom)nikhilgmat31 wrote:Brent@GMATPrepNow wrote:Take the task of building a pizza and break it into stages.theCodeToGMAT wrote:A university cafeteria offers 4 flavors of pizza - pepperoni, chicken, Hawaiian and vegetarian. If a customer has an option to add extra cheese, mushrooms, or both to any kind of pizza, how many different pizza varieties are available?
a) 12
b) 16
c) 8
d) 20
c) 10
Stage 1: Choose one of the flavors
There are 4 flavors of pizza (pepperoni, chicken, Hawaiian and vegetarian), so we can complete stage 1 in 4 ways
Stage 2: Choose whether to add extra cheese
We can either add extra cheese or not add extra cheese, so we can complete stage 2 in 2 ways.
Stage 3: Choose whether to add mushrooms
We can either add mushrooms or not mushrooms, so we can complete stage 3 in 2 ways.
By the Fundamental Counting Principle (FCP) we can complete all 3 stages (and thus build a pizza) in (4)(2)(2) ways ([spoiler]= 16 ways[/spoiler])
Cheers,
Brent
Aside: For more information about the FCP, watch our free video: https://www.gmatprepnow.com/module/gmat-counting?id=775
Hi Brent
I think Answer should be 12
since 4 flavors of pizza - pepperoni, chicken, Hawaiian and vegetarian.
3 Options -Add extra cheese, mushrooms, or both to any kind of pizza,
Total Options - 4 * 3 = 12
The question states that the customer has the option to add the toppings. This means that he does not have to add any toppings
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Hi nikhilgmat31,
From the answer choices, we know that the number of total possibilities is limited, so we can 'map them' all out:
4 types of pizza and 4 options per pizza:
Pepperoni - as is, extra cheese, mushrooms, BOTH cheese/mushrooms = 4 options
Chicken - as is, extra cheese, mushrooms, BOTH cheese/mushrooms = 4 options
Hawaiian - as is, extra cheese, mushrooms, BOTH cheese/mushrooms = 4 options
Vegetarian - as is, extra cheese, mushrooms, BOTH cheese/mushrooms = 4 options
Total = 4+4+4+4 = 16 varieties
Final Answer: B
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From the answer choices, we know that the number of total possibilities is limited, so we can 'map them' all out:
4 types of pizza and 4 options per pizza:
Pepperoni - as is, extra cheese, mushrooms, BOTH cheese/mushrooms = 4 options
Chicken - as is, extra cheese, mushrooms, BOTH cheese/mushrooms = 4 options
Hawaiian - as is, extra cheese, mushrooms, BOTH cheese/mushrooms = 4 options
Vegetarian - as is, extra cheese, mushrooms, BOTH cheese/mushrooms = 4 options
Total = 4+4+4+4 = 16 varieties
Final Answer: B
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At first glance I would say just 12.. But, you gave the right answer extremely fast and with a logic!vinay1983 wrote:Is it 16? 12 with the cheese and and stuff and the regular 4theCodeToGMAT wrote:A university cafeteria offers 4 flavors of pizza - pepperoni, chicken, Hawaiian and vegetarian. If a customer has an option to add extra cheese, mushrooms, or both to any kind of pizza, how many different pizza varieties are available?
a) 12
b) 16
c) 8
d) 20
c) 10
OA {B}
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