Compare two different solutions to how many outfits you can put together with 4 shirts, 5 pants, and 3 shoes.
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We can use the counting principle, which states that if there are $m$ ways to do one thing and $n$ ways to do another, then there are $m \times n$ ways to do both. Show more…
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