Date: Click here to enter text. Section: 7.3 Dependent and Independent Events Objective(s): Determine whether events are dependent or independent : Find probabilities of dependent and independent events Vocabulary Independent events Events are independent events if the occurrence of one event does not affect the probability of the other. Dependent events Events are dependent events if the occurrence of one event affects the probability of the other. Conditional probability The probability of event B, given that event A has occurred. Independent events If a coin is tossed twice, its landing heads up on the first toss and landing heads up on the second toss are independent events. The outcome of one toss does not affect the probability of heads on the other toss. To find the probability of tossing heads twice, 1 1 1 multiply the individual probabilities, β = . 2 2 4 A six-sided cube is labeled with the numbers 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, and 3. Four sides are colored red, one side is white, and one side is yellow. Find the probability of tossing a 2 and then another 2. Tossing a 2 once does not affect the probability of tossing a 2 again, so the events are independent. π(2 πππ 2) = π(2) β π(2) = 1 1 1 β = 3 3 9 A six-sided cube is labeled with the numbers 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, and 3. Four sides are colored red, one side is white, and one side is yellow. Find the probability of tossing red, then white, then yellow. Find the probability of rolling a 6 on one number cube and then a 6 again on another number cube. The result of any toss does not affect the probability of any other outcome so the events are independent. π(πππ πππ π€βπππ πππ π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦) = π(πππ) β π(π€βπππ) β π(π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦) = π(6) β π(6) = 1 1 1 β = 6 6 36 4 1 1 4 1 β β = = 6 6 6 216 54 1 1 1 1 β β = 2 2 2 8 Find the probability of tossing heads, then heads, then tails when tossing a coin three times. π(βππππ) β π(βππππ) β π(π‘π‘π‘π‘π‘) = Dependent events Events are dependent events if the occurrence of one event affects the probability of the other. For example, suppose that there are 2 lemons and 1 lime in a bag. If you pull out two pieces of fruit, the probabilities change depending on the outcome of the first. To find the probability of dependent events, you can use conditional probability P(B|A), the probability of event B, given that event A has occurred. The tree diagram shows the probabilities for choosing two pieces of fruit from a bag containing 2 lemons and 1 lime. The probability of a specific event can be found by multiplying the probabilities on the branches that make up the event. For 2 1 2 1 example, the probability of drawing two lemons is 3 β 2 = 6 = 3 . Two number cubes are rolledβone white and one yellow. Find the probability that the white cube shows a 6 and the sum is greater than 9 . The events are dependent because if the white cube does NOT show six, then the yellow cube doesnβt matter at all. The yellow cube need only be considered IF the white cube shows 6 (or viceversa). Reference the 36 outcomes chart for rolling 2 number cubes. π(π€βπππ 6) = 6 1 = 36 6 π(π π π > 9|π€βπππ 6) = 3 1 = 6 2 π(π€βπππ 6 πππ π π π > 9) = π(π€βπππ 6) β π(π π π > 9|π€βπππ 6) = Two number cubes are rolledβone white and one yellow. Find the probability that the yellow cube shows an even number and the sum is 5 . 1 1 1 β = 6 2 12 Again, the events are dependent because if the yellow shows an even number then that changes the probability of the sum being 5. π(π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦ ππππ) = 18 1 = 36 2 π(π π π = 5|π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦ ππππ) = 2 1 = 18 9 π( π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦ ππππ πππ π π π = 5) = π(π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦ ππππ) β π(π π π = 5|π¦π¦π¦π¦ππ ππππ) = Two number cubes are rolledβone red and one black. Find the probability that the red cube shows a number greater than 4 and the sum is greater than 9 . The events are dependent. π(πππ > 4) = 12 1 = 36 3 π(π π π > 9|πππ > 4) = 5 12 π( πππ > 4 πππ π π π > 9) = π(πππ > 4) β π(πππ > 4|π π π > 9) = 1 1 1 β = 2 9 18 1 5 5 β = 3 12 36 Conditional probability The table shows domestic migration from 1995 to 2000. A person is randomly selected. Find the probability that an emigrant is from the West. π(ππππ|ππππππππ) = Domestic Migration by Region (thousands) Region Immigrants Emigrants Northeast 1537 2808 Midwest 2410 2951 South 5042 3243 West 2666 2654 Using the same table above, again a person is randomly selected. Find the probability that someone selected from the South region is an immigrant. Using the same table above, again a person is randomly selected. Find the probability that someone selected is an emigrant and from the Midwest 2654 β 0.2277 = 22.77% 11656 π(πππππππππ|ππππβ) = 5042 β 0.6086 = 60.86% 8285 π(πππππππ|ππππππππ) = 2951 11656 π(ππππππππ πππ πππππππ|ππππππππ) = = 2951 β 0.127 = 12.7% 23311 11656 2951 β 23311 11656 Below is a standard deck of 52 cards: What is the probability of selecting two hearts when the first card is replaced after the first selection? With replacement usually indicated independent events, and such is the case here. π(βππππ) β π(βππππ) = What is the probability of selecting two hearts when the first card is NOT replaced after the first selection? What is the probability that a queen is drawn is not replaced, and then a king is drawn? A bag contains 10 beads: 2 black, 3 white, and 5 red. What is the probability of selecting a white bead, replacing it, and then selecting a red bead? A bag contains 10 beads: 2 black, 3 white, and 5 red. What is the probability of selecting a white bead, NOT replacing it, and then selecting a red bead? A bag contains 10 beads: 2 black, 3 white, and 5 red. What is the probability of selecting three red beads in a row? 1 1 1 β = 4 4 16 Without replacement usually indicated dependent events. After the first selection the size of the deck is one card less than it was before that selection and the number of hearts in the deck has also changed, being reduced by one. 1 12 1 π(βππππ) β π(βππππ|πππππ ππππ π€π€π€ π βππππ) = β = 4 51 17 These are dependent events. π(πππππ) β π(ππππ|πππππ ππππ π€π€π€ π πππππ) 4 4 4 = β = 52 51 663 These events are independent. π(π€βπππ) β π(πππ|πππππ ππππ π€π€π€ π€βπππ) = 3 5 3 β = 10 10 20 These events are dependent. π(π€βπππ) β π(πππ|πππππ ππππ π€π€π€ π€βπππ) = 3 5 1 β = 10 9 6 These events are dependent π(πππ) β π(πππ|πππππ ππππ π€π€π€ πππ) β π(πππ|πππππ π‘π‘π‘ πππππ π€π€π€π€ πππ) = 5 4 3 60 1 β β = = 10 9 8 720 12
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