INDEPENDENT AND

DEPENDENT EVENTS
MS. ABIGAIL THOMAS
ADD MATHS CLASS
WHAT ARE INDEPENDENT
AND DEPENDENT EVENTS?
INDEPENDENT EVENTS- THE OUTCOME OF ONE EVENT DOES NOT
AFFECT THE OUTCOME OF ANOTHER. THEREFORE, THE
PROBABILITY OF ONE EVENT OCCURING DOES NOT AFFECT THE
PROBABLITY OF ANOTHER OCCURING

DEPENDENT EVENTS- THE OUTCOME OF ONE EVENT AFFECTS THE

OUTCOME OF ANOTHER EVENT. THEREFORE, THE PROBABILITY OF
ONE EVENT OCCURING IS AFFECTED BY THE PROBABILITY OF
ANOTHER
EXAMPLES OF INDEPENDENT
AND DEPENDENT EVENTS

INDEPENDENT EVENTS- A COIN TOSS (NOT AFFECTED BY PREVIOUS

EVENTS), REMOVING MARBLES FROM A BAG WITH REPLACEMENT

DEPENDENT EVENTS- REMOVING MARBLES FROM A BAG WITHOUT

REPLACEMENT (AFFECTED BY PREVIOUS EVENTS)
INDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION
OF INDEPENDENT EVENTS

EVENTS A&B ARE INDEPENDENT IF ANY OF THE CONDITIONS

ARE SATISFIED:

P(A∩B) = P(A) * P(B)

P(A/B)= P(A) (CONDITIONAL PROBABILITY, MISS WILL TOUCH

ON SOON)
IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION
OF INDEPENDENT EVENTS

EXAMPLE 1
IT IS GIVEN THAT P(A)= 0.32, P(B)= 0.6 AND P(A OR B)= 0.728. STATE
WITH REASON WHETHER EVENTS A AND B ARE INDEPENDENT.
IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION
OF INDEPENDENT EVENTS

EXAMPLE 2
A DRAWER CONTAINS 3 RED INK PENS AND 7 BLACK INK PENS.
THREE PENS ARE RANDOMLY CHOSEN FROM THE DRAWER,
WITHOUT REPLACEMENT. CALCULATE THE PROBABILTY THAT:
I) THE FIRST PEN DRAWN IS RED
IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION
OF INDEPENDENT EVENTS

II) TWO OF THE THREE PENS HAVE RED INK

IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION
OF INDPENDENT EVENTS

EXAMPLE 3
A BAG CONTAINS THREE RED MARKERS, THREE BLUE MARKERS AND
FOUR YELLOW MARKERS. A MARKER IS TAKEN FROM THE BAG, ITS
COLOUR NOTED THEN RETURNED TO THE BAG. THIS IS DONE THREE
TIMES. CALCULATE THE PROBABILITY THAT:
I) ALL THREE MARKERS ARE RED
 IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION
OF INDEPENDENT EVENTS

II) TWO OF THE MARKERS ARE YELLOW

 CONCLUSION
IN CONLUSION, WE HAVE LEARNED THAT INDEPENDENT EVENTS
ARE NOT AFFECTED BY PREVIOUS EVENTS WHILE DEPENDENT
EVENTS ARE.

WE LEARNED OF THE FORMULA AND APPLIED IT USING EXAMPLES

I HOPED YOU LADIES HAVE LEARNED FROM TODAYS LESSON!!!