How Many Ways

How Many Ways Can you Prepare Waffle House Hashbrowns? 3 Sizes 1 Regular 2 Double 3 Triple 4 Preparations 1 Plain (In the Ring) 2 Scattered 3 Steamed 4 Dry 3 Cooking Times 1 Plain 2 Well 3 Light Ingredients 1 Onions 2 Cheese 3 Ham 4 Chili 5 Tomatoes 6 Peppers 7 Mushrooms 8 Ketchup 9 Heinz 57 10 Picante 11 Ranch 12 Blue Cheese 13 Thousand Island 14 Tabasco 15 Egg 16 Bacon 17 Sausage

1 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 512 1,024 2,048 4,096 8,192 16,384 32,768 65,536

So, borrowing from the hamburger math we have 3*4*3*(2^16)) = 2,359,296 If you add a choice of extra cheese we have 3*4*3*3*(2^15)) = 3,538,944 sizes

takes cheese out of the above math preparations choices of cheese cooking times

*Total for each column = 2 to the n-1 where n=17 for items shown.

Last Updated: 01/27/04