Compound Events
Compound Events
MATHEMATICS 10
MUTUALLY AND NON-MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE
EVENTS
MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE EVENTS
DEPENDENT EVENTS
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1. The probability that a junior high student is a male is and the
7
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probability of this junior high student liking mathematics is .
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Suppose these two events are non-mutually exlusive what is the
probability that a junior student at random is
a. a male and likes mathematics?
b. a female or likes mathematics?
a. a male and likes mathematics?
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probability that the junior high student is a male: 𝑃 𝐴 = 7
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probability that the junior high student likes mathematics: 𝑃 𝐵 = 9
probability that the junior high student is a male and likes mathematics:
3 4 12 𝟒
𝑃 𝐴 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵 = 𝑃 𝐴 ∩ 𝐵 = 𝑃(𝐴) ∙ 𝑃 𝐵 = ∙ = =
7 9 63 𝟐𝟏
b. a female or likes mathematics?
probability of the complement of event: 𝑷 𝑨 = 𝟏 − 𝑷 𝑨
𝟑 𝟒
𝑷 𝑨 = 𝑷 𝑩 =
𝟕 𝟗
3 7 3 𝟒
𝑃 𝐴′ = 1 − 𝑃 𝐴 = 1 − 𝑃 𝐴 = 1 − = − =
7 7 7 𝟕
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probability that the junior high student is a female: 𝑃 𝐴 = 7
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probability that the junior high student likes mathematics: 𝑃 𝐵 = 9
𝑃 𝐴 𝑜𝑟 𝐵 = 𝑃 𝐴 + 𝑃 𝐵 − 𝑃 𝐴 ∙ 𝑃 𝐵
probability is a female or 4 4 4 4
𝑃 𝐴 𝑜𝑟 𝐵 = + − ∙
likes mathematics: 7 9 7 9
36 28 16
𝟏𝟔 𝑃 𝐴 𝑜𝑟 𝐵 = + −
𝑃 𝐴 𝑜𝑟 𝐵 = 63 63 63
𝟐𝟏 64 16 48 16
𝑃 𝐴 𝑜𝑟 𝐵 = − = =
63 63 63 21