Overview of the Fundamental Counting Principle

A detailed tutorial on the fundamental counting principle. Step by step tutorial including several examples of the fundamental counting principle for reference.

The fundamental counting principle is a simple method of finding out how many times something occurs. It is a simplified form of finding permutations and combinations, and is used very often in statistics when permutations and combinations must be found. The fundamental counting principle states that if an event can occur in M ways, and another event can occur in N ways, then the first event followed by the second event can occur M * N ways. Basically, if you have two different options, and a different amount of each option, you can multiply them together to find the total number of ways you can combine these options.

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