Question: You would like to make a salad that consists of lettuce, tomato, cucumber, and onions. You go to…

You would like to make a salad that consists of lettuce, tomato, cucumber, and onions. You go to the supermarket intending to purchase one variety of each of these ingredients. You discover that there are seven varieties of lettuce, four varieties of tomatoes, three varieties of cucumbers, and two varieties of onions for sale at the supermarket. How many different salads can you make?

You can make \u200B different salads. (Type a whole number.)

Solution

To find the number of different salads you can make, multiply the number of choices for each ingredient. There are 7 varieties of lettuce. There are 4 varieties of tomatoes. There are 3 varieties of cucumbers. There are 2 varieties of onions. Multiply these numbers together to get the total number of different salad combinations: \[ 7 \times 4 \times 3 \times 2 = 168 \] So, you can make 168 different salads.