demonstrate an understanding of the fundamental counting principle and apply it to calculate probabilities of dependent and independent events

Say you are going to a store and you decided to get a combo meal and there is many things to chose from

main-burger, sandwich, wrap

side-fries,salad,soup,potato,nothing

dessert, ice cream,Sunday,yogert,pie

3 different choices for the main course 5 for the side and 4 for the dessert

3 x 5 x 4 = 60    A total of 60 different chouses

Now a simple way to prove this is by using a tree diagram.

A tree diagram is a good way to simply plot all the possibility to a problem and it gives you a visual aid and lets you really see the problem.