Red Riding Hood is making a food basket out of 8 different fruits and 9 different vegetables. If there is only room for 6 items, how many ways could there be an equal number of fruits & veggies? (You can show your process if you like; half mark possible. Avoid spaces.)

169,344

Step-by-step explanation:

Data provided in the question

Different fruits = 8

Different vegetables = 9

There is only room for 6 items

Based on the above information, the number of ways for an equal number of fruits & veggies is

For the number of combinations of fruit is

For the number of combinations of vegetables is

So, the total combinations are

= 169,344

answer: 1) twenty-seven times y

              2) twenty-seven multiplied by y