Probability of Compound Events Independent Events Events that
Probability of Compound Events Independent Events: Events that do not influence one another Probability of Two Independent Events If A and B are independent events, P (A and B) = P (A) P (B) 1. Suppose you roll a red number cube and a blue number cube. What is the probability that you will roll a 3 on the red cube and an even number on the blue cube? 2. In a word game, you choose a tile from a bag containing the letters U I I A O O E A O O U A A E E. You replace the first tile in the bad and then choose again. What is the probability that you will choose an A and then an E? 3. tile. (See example 2 above) Find the probability of picking a U and then an I after replacing the first
Probability of Compound Events Dependent Events: Events that influence each other. The occurrence of one event affects the probability of a second event. Probability of Two Dependent Events If A and B are dependent events, P (A then B) = P (A) P (B after A) 4. Suppose you choose a tile from the letter tiles shown in example 2 above. Without replacing the tile, you select a second tile. What is the probability that you will choose an A and then an E? 5. Suppose a teacher must select 2 high school students to represent their school at a conference. The teacher randomly picks names from a hat that contains the names of 3 freshmen, 2 sophomores, 4 juniors, and 4 seniors. What is the probability that a sophomore and then a freshman are chosen?
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