The Natural Woman, a women's health food store, offers its own blends of trail mix.
The Natural Woman, a women's health food store, offers its own blends of trail mix. If the store uses 3 different ingredients, how many bins will it need to hold every possible blend, assuming that each blend must have at least three ingredients? (Also assume that each bin can hold one and only one blend.)
Answer/Solution
4
Steps/Work
We're told that there are 3 ingredients (we'll call them A, B, C ); we're told that each 'mix' must include AT LEAST 3 ingredients...
3 ingredient blends:
ABC
ABD
ACD
BCD
Total blends = 4
B
3 ingredient blends:
ABC
ABD
ACD
BCD
Total blends = 4
B