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prealgebra senior
Problem
A pizza parlor has six different toppings. How many different one- and two-topping pizzas can you order?
Solution
Obviously, there are one-topping pizzas.
Now we count the two-topping pizzas. There are options for the first topping and options left for the second topping for a preliminary count of options. However, the order in which we put the toppings on doesn't matter, so we've counted each combination twice, which means there are really only two-topping pizzas.
Adding our answers, we see that there are possible pizzas with one or two toppings.
Now we count the two-topping pizzas. There are options for the first topping and options left for the second topping for a preliminary count of options. However, the order in which we put the toppings on doesn't matter, so we've counted each combination twice, which means there are really only two-topping pizzas.
Adding our answers, we see that there are possible pizzas with one or two toppings.
Final answer
21