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Counting Principle, a la Shmoop. Dagun-Ra, Lord High Chancellor of the Volcano

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people, is in a pickle.

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It is Dagun-Ra's duty to choose those who will be sacrificed to Mount Lascivious.

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But he's so bad at making decisions. He must choose to sacrifice one of the town's

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goats, Alfred, Bobo or Chewy…

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…one of the town's donkeys, Darius, Eeyore or Fartsy…

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…and one of the town's lawyers, Geoff, Harper, Irving or Jarvis.

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He briefly considers just tossing in all of the lawyers, but he doesn't want to upset

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the Volcano god. How many different combinations does Dagun-Ra

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have to choose from?

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Here are your options: First things first - we need to count up the

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number of options for each category.

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Looks like we're working with three goats…

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…three donkeys…

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…and four lawyers. To find the total number of combinations,

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we would simply multiply those three numbers together.

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Three times three times four equals… 36. Answer "E."

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It takes him a while, but Dagun-Ra finally narrows his list of 36 possibilities down

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to one.

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Into the volcano go Chewy, Fartsy and Jarvis.

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For at least another year, the volcano should have no further need for animal or human sacrifice.

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Or for free legal advice.

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