PS.P.1

The student will organize information and apply probability rules to compute probabilities of events within the context of a problem.

PS.P.1.aGiven two or more events, determine whether the events are complementary, dependent, independent, and/or mutually exclusive, and compute the probability of those events.PS.P.1.bRepresent and calculate probabilities using Venn diagrams, tree diagrams, and two-way tables.PS.P.1.cApply the addition rule, the multiplication rule, and complementary rule to calculate probabilities.PS.P.1.dCalculate conditional probabilities to determine the association or independence of two events.
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
A letter is selected at random from the word F I B O N A C C I.

Find the probability that the letter is:
Not A
Write your answer as a fraction or as a decimal rounded to the nearest hundredth.
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:
Yellow
Goblins

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