Question

K You would like to make a salad that consists of lettuce, tomato, cucumber, and radishes. You go to the supermarket intending to purchase one variety of each of these ingredients. You discover that there are nine varieties of lettuce, five varieties of tomatoes, four varieties of cucumbers, and two varieties of radishes for sale at the supermarket. How many different salads can you make? You can make 0 different salads. (Type a whole number.) ​

Answer 1

Answer: 360

Explanation:

This answer is incorrect. The correct answer is:

You can make 9 x 5 x 4 x 2 = 360 different salads.

This is because you have 9 choices for the lettuce, 5 choices for the tomato, 4 choices for the cucumber, and 2 choices for the radishes. To find the total number of different salads, you multiply the number of choices for each ingredient.