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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 nine varieties of​ lettuce, four varieties of​ tomatoes, two varieties of​ cucumbers, and three varieties of onions for sale at the supermarket. How many different salads can you​ make?

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Answer: 216

Explanation:

Given : We like to make a salad that consists of​ lettuce, tomato,​ cucumber, and onions.

The number of varieties of lettuce = 9

The number of varieties of tomatoes = 4

The number of varieties of cucumbers = 2

The number of varieties of onions = 3

Now, the number of different salads we can make is given by :-


9*4*2\=216

Hence, we can make 216 different types of salads.

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