There are 2 red, 3 pink, 4 orange, and 5 yellow jelly beans in the pocket. how many different ways can you choose at least one jelly bean?

Question

Thanks a lot!There are 2 red, 3 pink, 4 orange, and 5 yellow jelly beans in the pocket. how many different ways can you choose at least one jelly bean?

Answer 1

Red

There are two reds, we can either choose $0$, $1$ or $2$ reds.

Pink

There are three pinks, we can either choose $0$, $1$, $2$ or $3$ pinks.

Orange

There are four orange beans, we can choose $0$, $1$, $2$ , $3$ or $4$ of them.

Yellow

Five yellow, our choices are $0$, $1$, $2$ , $3$, $4$ or $5$

We have $3$ choices for red beans, $4$ choices for pink beans, $5$ choices for Orange beans and $6$ choices for yellow beans.

Overall, our choices are:

$(3)(4)(5)(6) = 360$

We must perform a final operation before we have our answer.