Laws of Probability

The Laws

Write down the laws of probability as they are recorded in your formula booklet.

Combined Events

Mutually Exclusive Events

Independent Events

Conditional Probability

Problems

Consider the following Venn Diagrams/information that show/describe the sets of

students that study History (H) and Geography (G) in different schools. Answer the
questions that go with each one by using the laws of probability.

School 1

a) Work out

b) Work out

c) Work out P(G|H)

d) What can we conclude from the difference

between the answers to a) and c)?

e) Using the rule for independent events, verify if studying history and studying
geography are independent events in this school.

f) Verify that

g) Why are these events not mutually exclusive?

School 2

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 a) Work out

b) Work out

c) Work out P(G|H)

d) What can we conclude from the difference

between the answers to a) and c)?

e) Using the rule for independent events, verify if studying history and studying
geography are independent events in this school.

f) Verify that

g) Why are these events not mutually exclusive?

School 3

a) Work out

b) Work out

c) Work out P(G|H)

d) What can we conclude from the difference

between the answers to a) and c)?

e) Using the rule for independent events, verify if studying history and studying
geography are independent events in this school.

f) Verify that

g) Why are these events not mutually exclusive?

School 4

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In this school you are given that = 0.4, and = 0.6 = 0.8

a) Work out

b) Show if the events are independent or not

c) Show if the events are mutually exclusive or not

School 5

In this school you are given that = 0.3, and = 0.4 = 0.7

a) Work out

b) Show if the events are mutually exclusive or not

School 6

In this school you are given that = 0.6, = 0.1 and = 0.8

a) Work out

b) Work out P(G|H)

c) Show if these events are independent or not

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