Use the Fundamental Counting Principle
-A restaurant offers a choice of 5 salads, 10 main courses, and 2 desserts. How many possible 3-course meals are there?
A) 100 possible meals
B) 17 possible meals
C) 50 possible meals
D) 200 possible meals

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There are 5 choices for salad, 10 choices for main course, and 2 choices for dessert. By the Fundamental Counting Principle, there are 5 * 10 * 2 = 100 possible 3-course meals.