Sometimes you don't need to list all of the items in a sample space.  When we are finding probabilities, the denominator is the total # of outcomes; we can find this without listing out every single item in the sample space!

Things you should be able to do after today:

• find the number of outcomes from a series of independent events using multiplication
• determine when you can use multiplication to determine the number of outcomes

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Assignment:

• p423 #4-10