In the school cafeteria, students choose their lunch from 3 sandwiches, 3 soups, 4 salads and 2 drinks. how many different lunches are possible for a student who choose exactly 1 sandwich, 1 soup, 1 salad, and 1 drink?

This is combinations

exg. lets say you have 2 hats and 1 pair of shoes, the answe ris 2 options, if 2 hats and 2 pairs of shoes, the answer is 4 because 2 times 2=4

3 options for sandwitch

3 soup

4 salad

2 drink

we multiply all together

3 times 3 times 4 times 2=72 options