A student planning her curriculum for the upcoming year must select one of four business courses, one of three mathematics courses, two of eight elective courses, and either one of two history courses or one of three social science courses. How many different curricula are available for her consideration?

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counting principle

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4 choices for business, 3 for math, $\binom{8}{2}=\frac{8\times 7}{2}=28$ for the two out of 8 electives, and 5 for the last course 
multiply these together for your answer