FM.P.3

Understand and use the multiplication rule to calculate probabilities for independent and dependent events. Understand that two events A and B are independent if the probability of A and B occurring together is the product of their probabilities, and use this characterization to determine if they are independent.

Example Problems
A bag contains 9 blue candies, 7 red candies and 5 green candies.
A candy is chosen from the bag at random.

Find the probability that the candy is:
Not Orange
Two fair 6-sided dice are rolled. What is the probability that both show a prime number?
Write your answer as a
fraction.
A fair coin is flipped three times. What is the probability of getting exactly two heads?
Write your answer as a
fraction.
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