What+is+the+fundamental+counting+principle?

The Fundamental Counting Principle relates the number of outcomes to the number of choices. if //m// in occur in //m// ways and is followed by event //n// that can occur in //n// ways, then the event //M// followed by event //N// can occur in m*n ways.

__Emily__ This counting principle is all about choices we might make given many possibilities. Suppose most of your clothes are dirty and you are left with 2 pants and 3 shirts. How many choices do you have or how many different ways can you dress? Let's call the pants: pants #1 and pants #2 Let's call the shirts: shirt #1, shirt #2 , and shirt #3 A tree diagram can be used to show the information. []