How to determine base count?

Here is a nice graphic showing how to determine base count and when to combine bases into a single pattern.
Sometimes its hard to know if it's a cup base or a double bottom, as in the case of the cup base #3 (Oct 2013).
I had to go back and watch the EPAM video from Jan 10, 2014 to figure out where the proper buy point was.

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