Chapter 3: Q3-58E (page 194)
Two fair dice are tossed, and the following events are defined:
A: {Sum of the numbers showing is odd.}
B: {Sum of the numbers showing is 9, 11, or 12.}
Are events A and B independent? Why?
Short Answer
Answer
No
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Chapter 3: Q3-58E (page 194)
Two fair dice are tossed, and the following events are defined:
A: {Sum of the numbers showing is odd.}
B: {Sum of the numbers showing is 9, 11, or 12.}
Are events A and B independent? Why?
Answer
No
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Two fair coins are tossed, and the following events are defined:
A: [Observe one head and one tail.]
B: [Observe at least one head.]
a. Define the possible sample points and assign probabilities to each.
b. Draw a Venn diagram for the experiment, showing the sample points and events A and B.
c. Find P(A), P(B) and.
d. Use the formula for conditional probability to find P (A/B)and P (B/A). Verify your answer by inspecting the Venn diagram and using the concept of reduced sample spaces.
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| Color code | |||||
0 | 5 | b | c | Total | |
Model 1 | 20 | 35 | 40 | 0 | 85 |
Model 2 | 15 | 50 | 6 | 4 | 75 |
Total | 35 | 85 | 46 | 4 | 160 |
a. What is the probability that the cell phone was using color code 5?
b. What is the probability that the cell phone was using color code 5 or color code 0?
c. What is the probability that the cell phone used was Model 2 and the color code was 0?
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The diagram below describes the sample space of a particular experiment and events A and B .
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