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Chapter 5
Probability
l 5-1 Introduction
l 5-2 Sample Spaces and Probability
l 5-3 The Addition Rules for
Probability
l 5-4 The Multiplication Rules and
Conditional Probability
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5-7 5-2 Sample Spaces - Examples
P ( E ) 1 P ( E )
or
P ( E ) = 1 P ( E )
or
P ( E ) + P ( E ) = 1.
Type Frequency
A 22
B 5
AB 2
O 21
50 = n
A B
P ( A or B ) P ( A) P ( B) P ( A and B)
A B
P(B1) 1/2
Box 1 Blue (1/2)(1/3)
P(B|B1) 1/3
P(R|B2) 1/4
Box 2 Red (1/2)(1/4)
P(B2) 1/2