Lesson 121 The Counting Principle教训121计数原理.pptVIP

The Counting Principle Advanced Math Topics Vocabulary Independent Events: choice of one thing does NOT affect the choice of another Dependent Events: choice of one thing does affect the choice of another Outcome: the result of a single trial Sample Space: set of all possible outcomes Event: one or more outcomes of a trial The Fundamental Counting Principle If event M can occur m ways and event N can occur in n ways, then event M followed by event N can occur in mn ways Basically multiply the number of ways for each event to get the total number of ways the events can occur Examples A sandwich