Fundamental Counting Theorem
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Objective
I can calculate the total number of possibilities for multi-stage events using the Fundamental Counting Principle.
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Practice
12 questions
Define the Fundamental Counting Principle in your own words.
Explain the difference between the multiplicative and additive principles of counting. Give a simple example of each.
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Exit ticket
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“A restaurant offers 4 appetizers, 6 main courses, and 3 desserts. If a customer chooses one item from each category, how many different meals can they create? A password must be 4 characters long. The first character must be a letter (A-Z), and the remaining 3 characters must be digits (0-9). How many different passwords are possible? You are creating a code using 2 letters followed by 2 numbers. There are 5 possible letters and 3 possible numbers. How many different codes can you create?”
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