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One, two, three, we’re… Counting Basic Counting Principles Counting problems are of the following kind: “How many different 8-letter passwords are there?” “How many possible ways are there to pick 11 soccer players out of a 20-player team?” Most importantly, counting is the basis for computing probabilities of discrete events. (“What is the probability of winning the lottery?”) Basic Counting Principles The sum rule: If a task can be done in n1 ways and a second task in n2 ways, and if these two tasks cannot be done at the same time, then there are n1 + n2 ways to do either task. Exampl