Meal consists of an appetizer, a main dish, a side dish, and a drink. there are 3 appetizer choices, 6 main dish choices, 5 side dish choices, and 4 drink choices. describe two ways you could find the number of possible combinations. choose one of the methods to find the answer, and explain your choice.

The customer price index(cpi), which measures the cost of a typical package of customer goods,was 208.8 in 2011 and 244.1 in 2016.let x=11 corresponding to the year 2011 an estimate to cpi into 2013 and 2014. assume that the data can be modeled by a straight line and the trend to continue idenfinitely.use data points to find such a line and then estimate the requested quantities