Re: Possible combinations

On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 16:45:27 +0200, "Janwillem Borleffs"
<jw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I have got a very basic question:
>
>When I have to variables:
>
>a = 0 or 1
>b = 0 or 1
>
>Then there are 2 pow2 = 4 possible combinations. This is easy enough.
>
>But when I have the following variables:
>
>a = 0 or 1 or 2
>b = 0 or 1
>
>How do I calculate the number of calcutions then?
>
>Regards,
>JW
>
>

With so few choices, you should at least try to get the answer
experimentally. Just write out all the possible arrangements and
actually count them. This will lead you to the general principle.

quasi
.

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