Illustrating events, and union

and intersection of events

1. Define events, sample space, experiment,
outcome, sets, probability, etc.
2. Differentiate union and intersection of events
3. Illustrate events, and union and intersection
of events
Tossing a coin once
Rolling a die
Throwing a coin and a die together
 A sample space of an experiment is
the set of all different possible
outcomes of that experiment.

• Any set of outcomes derived from the sample

space is called an event of the sample space.
• Probability is a measure of certainty or
uncertainty that a particular situation or event
will happen. It is the ratio between the total
number of favorable outcomes and the total
number of possibilities.
• In symbols, if E is an event, then the
probability of E is denoted by P(E), and it is
defined by the formula

• When all possible outcomes are equally likely,

the probability is a number from 0 through 1
and is often written as a fraction in lowest
terms.
• In the activity, the experiment done is
throwing a pair of dice. In such experiment, all
the possible outcomes are listed in the
following sample space:
• There are two events used in the experiment:
(1) getting an even sum, and
(2) getting an odd sum.