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In combinatorics, the rule of sum or addition principle is a basic counting principle. Stated simply, it is the idea that if we have ''a'' ways of doing something and ''b'' ways of doing another thing and we can not do both at the same time, then there are ''a'' + ''b'' ways to choose one of the actions. More formally, the rule of sum is a fact about set theory. It states that sum of the sizes of a finite collection of pairwise disjoint sets is the size of the union of these sets. That is, if are pairwise disjoint sets, then we have: : == Simple example == A woman has decided to shop at one store today, either in the north part of town or the south part of town. If she visits the north part of town, she will either shop at a mall, a furniture store, or a jewelry store (3 ways). If she visits the south part of town then she will either shop at a clothing store or a shoe store (2 ways). Thus there are 3+2=5 possible shops the woman could end up shopping at today. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「rule of sum」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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