Tree Diagram: Travel Itineraries for Pietro

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Pietro has a total of 9 possible travel itineraries from his home to Orlando via Ottawa. He can choose from 3 modes of transportation to reach Ottawa: bus, car, or train. From Ottawa to Orlando, he has 3 additional options: bus, train, or plane. The tree diagram effectively illustrates these combinations, confirming the total of 9 distinct itineraries.

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Homework Statement


Draw a tree diagram to illustrate the possible travel itineraries for Pietro if he can travel from home to Ottawa by bus, car, or train, and then from Ottawa to Orlando by bus, train, or plane.

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/bus
bus -train
\plane

/bus
. train -train
\plane

/bus
plane -train
\plane

Basically, he has 3 choices to go to Ottawa (bus, train, plane) and to go to orlando from Ottawa he has 3 more choices for each. Is this correct?
 
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Well, sure. 9 choices total, right?
 

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