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THE CHINESE RESTAURANT</font>
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A Chinese restaurant charges a standard price for it's
"family dinner", consisting of any four different dishes
(or entrees) on it's menu. The restaurant's advertisement
claims that "over 3OO different family dinners are possible".
If this claim is true, what must be the smallest possible
number of dishes (entrees) listed on the menu?</font></td>
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experience. If you cannot solve the problem, or you have
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