Probability of

Compound Events
Prepared by: Karol Josef F. Fadallan
Mutually Exclusive Events

Two events are said to be mutually

exclusive if they cannot happen at the
same time.
Mutually Exclusive Events

Event A Event B
Not Mutually Exclusive Events

Two events are said to be not

mutually exclusive if they can happen
at the same time.
Mutually Exclusive Events

Event A and B
Event
A B
 Mutually vs. Not Mutually Exclusive Events

Probability of Mutually Exclusive Events

Probability of Not Mutually Exclusive Events

Example 1.

A card is randomly selected from a

regular deck of frankards. What is the
probability that it is a Circard card or
an Alpha card.
 Solutions
A B

2 3 4
5 6 7 𝛼
8 9 10
+ – x
 Solutions
Let event A be selecting a Circard.
event B be selecting an Alpha card.
Example 2
In a standard deck of “Frankards”. Find the probability of getting
a blue card or an arithmetic card.
Illustrating the problem where A = Blue Cards and B = Arithmetic
Cards.

𝟐𝟖 𝟑𝟔
𝑷 ( 𝑨 )= 𝑷 ( 𝑩 )=
𝟓𝟔 𝟓𝟔
Example 2
In a standard deck of “Frankards”. Find the probability of getting
a blue card or an arithmetic card.
Illustrating the problem where A = Blue Cards and B = Arithmetic
Cards.

𝑷 ( 𝑨𝒐𝒓 𝑩 )= 𝑷 ( 𝑨 ) +𝑷 ( 𝑩) − 𝑷 ( 𝑨 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑩)
𝟐𝟖 𝟑𝟔 𝟏𝟖
𝑷 ( 𝑨𝒐𝒓 𝑩 )= + −
𝟓𝟔 𝟓𝟔 𝟓𝟔
𝟔𝟒 𝟏𝟖
𝑷 ( 𝑨𝒐𝒓 𝑩 )= −
 
𝟓𝟔 𝟓𝟔

𝟏𝟖
𝑷 ( 𝑨 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑩 ) =
𝟓𝟔
Example 3.

A card is randomly selected from a

regular deck of frankards. What is the
probability that it is an Alpha card or
an MDAS card.
Solutions
A B

+ – x
+ – x
+ – x
+ – x
 Solutions
Let event A be selecting an MDAS card.
event B be selecting an Alpha card.
Seatwork 1.

A card is randomly selected from a

regular deck of frankards. What is the
probability that it is a blue card or an
MDAS card.
Seatwork 2.

A card is randomly selected from a

regular deck of frankards. What is the
probability that it is an Arithmetic card
or a green card.
Probability of the complement of event A
Example 4.

A card is randomly selected from a

regular deck of frankards. What is the
probability that it is NOT an Alpha
card.
 Solutions
Let event A be selecting an Alpha Card.
Seatwork 3.

A card is randomly selected from a

regular deck of frankards. What is the
probability that it is NOT an MDAS
card.
Tell whether the following is mutually
exclusive or not.
 Alpha and MDAS  ME
 Alpha and Arithmetic  ME
 Alpha and Green  NOT
 Arithmetic and Blue  NOT
 Alpha and Cir-cards  NOT
 Arithmetic and Qua-cards  NOT
 Green and Tri-cards  NOT
 Blue and Penta-cards  ME
 MDAS and Arithmetic  ME
 MDAS and Qua-cards  NOT