Difference between revisions of "Complementary counting"

 
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'''Complementary counting''' is counting what we don't want, and substracting that from the total number of possibilities.
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'''Complementary counting''' is counting what we don't want, and substracting that from the total number of possibilities. A big hint that complementary counting may lead to a quick solution is the phrase "at least".
  
 
== Examples ==
 
== Examples ==

Revision as of 11:32, 19 June 2006

Complementary counting is counting what we don't want, and substracting that from the total number of possibilities. A big hint that complementary counting may lead to a quick solution is the phrase "at least".

Examples

See also