So I can not seem to get my head around this and could not make sense of online calculators. I think what I'm trying to figure out should be pretty simple.
I have $1$ thing, and $10$ different ways that thing can be. So that's obviously $10$. Now say I add one thing, so now there are $2$ things. Each of which has $10$ different ways that thing could be. So I would just multiply that right? And now with $2$ things, there would be $100$ combinations? Say I add a third thing. That would be $1000$?
That is the way I saw it in my head. Just $10$ increasing exponentially with each added "thing" so say there were $20$ "things" it would be $10^{20}$. Am I right? I am horrible at math, and that just seems almost too simple and not correct.
Thanks for the input guys! I thought that was correct, I was just over thinking and making myself think I was wrong!