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counting principle

• in probability, the counting or multiplication principle
is a method that uses multiplication to work out
the total number of possible outcomes or combinations.
• the number of possibilities in one set of choices
is multiplied by the number of possibilities
in each other set of choices.

EXAMPLES: possibilities x possibilities x possibilities
counting principle


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