alleryStart learning →What other name is given to the Multiplication Principle?
AThe Addition Principle of counting
BThe Fundamental Counting Principle
CThe Complement Rule of counting
DThe Principle of Non-Distinct Objects
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. The Fundamental Counting Principle
1. The Multiplication Principle counts the ways two events can happen one after the other.
2. If the first can happen in m ways and the second in n ways after it, there are m times n ways in total.
3. This rule is also called the Fundamental Counting Principle.
4. The Addition Principle handles events joined by or with no common outcomes, so it is a separate rule.
_Source: OpenStax Algebra and Trigonometry (CC BY 4.0), Ch 13 "Sequences, Probability and Counting Theory", section 13.5 Counting Principles_
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