Suppose a restaurant has 14 different appetizers, 7 different
salads, 8 different main dishes, and 5 different desserts. Assume
that a customer will choose exactly one item from each of the above
catagories.
a)
how many meals are possible? Hint: eating a meal is a sequence of
events. Show work.
b)
if two customers each randomly choose a meal, what is the
probability that their meals will be the smae? Write your answer as
a fraction and as a decimal with 4 nonzero digits.