if we have to pick 1 of 2 apples and 1 of 2 oranges, how many combinations are there? so c(2, 1) * c(2, 1) = 4 ((1, 1), (1, 2), (2, 1), (2, 2)); u do have to consider all the combos. between the two pairs, but the product of the two covers all the possible combinations. |