How To Understand Combinations Using Multiplication
Multiplication is a wonderful little operation. Depending on the context, it can
- Scale or stretch a number
- Rotate a vector, without needing sine or cosine
And today we’ll see yet another use: listing combinations.
Revisiting multiplication has a few uses:
- It demystifies other parts of math. The binomial theorem, Boolean algebra (used in computer circuits) and even parts of …
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