Question

If an event can occur in ‘m’ different ways, following which another event can occur in ‘n’ different ways, then the total numbers of occurrence of the events in the given order is __________________

(a) m + n

(b) m – n

(c) m*n

(d) m/n

This question was addressed to me in an interview for internship.

My question is based upon Fundamental Principle of Counting in chapter Permutations and Combinations of Mathematics – Class 11

Answer 1

Correct choice is (c) m*n

Easy explanation: By the fundamental principle of counting, if an event can occur in ‘m’ different ways, following which another event can occur in ‘n’ different ways, then the total numbers of occurrence of the events in the given order is m*n.