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Independent Events Webexercise

Probability - Independent Events Example - Dont Memorise
1. Go to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QlZjoLmg3I and watch the video.
2. Complete the following:

Describe the example experiment in

the video.

Describe when the events (in the

video) were independent.

Describe when the events (in the

video) were dependent.

What does it mean for two events to

be independent?

Independent or Dependent Events - SoftSchools

1. Go to:
http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/math/independent_or_dependent_events/quiz5232.
html
2. Complete the quiz.
3. Answer the following questions:

 What are some ways to identify independent events?

What are some ways to identify dependent events?

Probability: Independent Events - MathisFun

1. Go to: https://www.mathsisfun.com/data/probability-events-independent.html
2. Complete the following:

Complete the following sentences:

Independent events are
Dependent events are

by previous events.
by previous events.

Describe The Gamblers Fallacy:

Assume there are two events, A and B:

Probability of event A happening =
If event A and B are independent events,
P(A and B) =

What are some cases, other than the examples given on the website, where a
"coincidence" was simply a likely thing?

Playing Card Shuffler - Random.Org

1. Go to: https://www.random.org/playing-cards/
2. Set Draw to 5 and click Draw Cards.
3. Complete the following:

Click Again! and simulate the experiment a few more times. Do you ever get the two
of the same card in one simulation? Why?

Assume event X is drawing an Ace of Spade and Y is drawing a King of Hearts, are
the two events independent or dependent? Why?

Coin Flipper - Random.Org

1. Go to: https://www.random.org/coins/
2. Set the Flip setting to 2 and Coin Type setting to US 1 Cent Penny.
3. Click Flip Coin(s) and complete the following:

Record the first 4

observations of the
Observation 1
coin flip
experiment.
Observation 2
Observation 3
Observation 4

First Coin flip

Second Coin flip

What is the sample space of the experiment?

Assume that event A is getting Heads on the first flip and event B is getting Tails on
the second flip. Are events, A and B, independent?

What is P(A and B)?

If events C is getting two heads in a row and event D is getting two tails in a row,
are events C and D independent?