sample space, event, and probability learning objective: to determine the outcomes and probabilities...
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Sample Space, Event, and Probability
Learning Objective: to determine the outcomes and probabilities of events occurring.
Warm-up (IN)
Determine Combination or Permutation:1. The recently elected university president
named 3 new officers: a VP of finance, a VP of academic affairs, and a VP of student affairs.
2. A university president selected 2 of the presidents to attend the dedication ceremony of a new branch campus.
Notes!
The list of possible outcomes of an experiment
a certain outcome of an experiment
an organized way to represent a sample space
Ex 1 - List the sample space for flipping a coin 2 times:
Sample Space, S -
Event -
Tree Diagram -
Ex 2 - List the sample space for tossing 2 dice (use a chart)
Ex 4 - A family plans on having 3 children. What is the probability of having 2 boys? (Try a tree)
# of total possible outcomes in the sample space
Ex 3 - Using the sample space in Ex 2...
b) A sum less than 4 turns up?
c) A sum of 12 shows up?
a) What is the probability a sum of 7 shows up?
Probability - # of favorable outcomes
6
361
6
3
361
12
1
36
Ex 5 - In a jar of candy 8 are cherry, 5 are lime, and 12 are grape. Find the probability of...
a) picking a lime candy?
b) picking 1 cherry and 1 lime (not replacing the 1st candy)?
c) picking a cherry or grape?
5
251
5
8
255
25 1
15
8
2512
25 20
25 4
5
HW – pg. 402-403 #3,4,9,10,21-32
Out – Find the probability of picking an ace out of a deck of 52.
Summary - I feel ______ about the fact that this is the last summary I will write this year!
Don’t forget about POW!!