Combinatorics Flashcards

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Define combinatorics

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combinatorics is concerned with counting problems. Usually these problems involve counting a lot of things with some restrictions of what to include

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What is product rule

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If task 1 can be done in n1 ways and task 2 can be done in n2 ways, and task 1 does not affect task 2, then there are n1 × n2 ways to do tasks 1 and 2.

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the relationship between the product rule and the principle of multiplication of choices

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found by proof by induction

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