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FAQ Topic: Compound Events

Probability and Compound Events

When we carry out probability problems, the first task is to identify the events in the problem. Often we can identify a few key events and then use compliments, “and”, or “or” . This can simplify and help us to represent the information pictorially.

The examples below illustrate this idea.

Continue reading “Probability and Compound Events”

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    • Chapter 7 Probability
    • Chapter 8 Counting
    • Chapter 9 Intro to Probability Distributions
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