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 Let’s
Recall:
The union of two events say A
and B, often written as A U B,
combines all the elements in
the two sets.
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 Let’s
Recall:
The complement of an event
refers to the elements that
are in the set.

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 Let’s
Recall:
The chance of getting
a 2 in rolling a die is
2/6. 542631
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BLUFF
 Let’s
Recall:
In rolling a die, the
probability of obtaining a
number less than 4 is 1/2.

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VIRTUAL HOME-CLASS OBSERVATION

Events, Union and

Intersection
ANALIZA S. BAUTISTA
Secondary School Teacher I
Learning Objectives
At the end of the lesson, you must be
able to:

1. find the probability of (A U B);

2. differentiate mutually exclusive from
mutually inclusive events; and
3. illustrate (A U B) and mutually exclusive
events.
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 Example
Question:
• In tossing two coins, what is the
probability of getting a head or a tail?

𝑨= { 𝑯𝑯 , 𝑯𝑻 ,𝑻𝑯 }
𝑩= { 𝑯𝑻 ,𝑻𝑯 ,𝑻𝑻 }
P R O B A B I L I T Y of (A U B)

𝑷 ( 𝑨∪ 𝑩)=𝑷 ( 𝑨)+ 𝑷 (𝑩)− 𝑷 ( 𝑨 ∩ 𝑩)

 A B

0.5 0.1 0.2

MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE MUTUALLY INCLUSIVE

A B A B
 Example
Question:
Event A: Toss a coin and get “Head”
Event B: Toss a coin and get “Tail”

Event A: Roll a die and get a “1”

Event B: Roll a die and get a “6”

Event A: Roll a die and get a “1”

Event B: Roll a die and get an “even
number”