Math 316/416

Reading Questions

Section 5.1

1. What are some hints to help you decide when to use the multiplication principle or the addition principle? Not that you will often need to use both in the same problem.
2. How do we account for the requirement that the 2 dice be different in counting outcomes in example 2b?
3. Explain why the initial answer of 108 is incorrect in example 4d.
4. What are some important steps in counting problems? What are important skills?