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Understanding Mutually Exclusive Events

The document discusses mutually exclusive events and probability. It defines mutually exclusive events as events that have two possible outcomes that cannot happen at the same time. It provides examples like getting a head or tail when tossing a coin. It explains that the probability of two mutually exclusive events occurring at the same time is 0, while the probability of either one occurring is the sum of their individual probabilities. Several word problems demonstrate calculating probabilities of mutually exclusive events.

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Understanding Mutually Exclusive Events

The document discusses mutually exclusive events and probability. It defines mutually exclusive events as events that have two possible outcomes that cannot happen at the same time. It provides examples like getting a head or tail when tossing a coin. It explains that the probability of two mutually exclusive events occurring at the same time is 0, while the probability of either one occurring is the sum of their individual probabilities. Several word problems demonstrate calculating probabilities of mutually exclusive events.

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MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE

PROBABILITY OF EVENTS
PROBABILITY
PROBABILITY IS
THE LIKELIHOOD
OF SOMETHING
TO HAPPEN
PROBABILITY
PROBABILITY IS
THE LIKELIHOOD
OF SOMETHING
TO HAPPEN

Number of ways it can happen


P= Total number of outcomes
MUTUALLY
EXCLUSIVE
PROBABILITY OF
EVENTS
ACTIVITY
6-TOPAZ

Math Science
Class Class
TOSSING A COIN

Get a Get a
head tail
ROLLING A DICE
Get an Get an
even odd
number number
DRAWING A CARD
Draw a Draw a
black red
card card
MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE
EVENTS
MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE
EVENTS
MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE EVENTS
ARE EVENTS THAT HAVE TWO
POSSIBLE OUTCOMES THAT
CANNOT HAPPEN AT THE SAME
TIME.
PROBABILITY OF A AND B
HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME
PROBABILITY OF A AND B
HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME

P(A AND B) = 0
PROBABILITY OF EITHER
A OR B HAPPENING

P (A OR B) = __ _ __
PROBABILITY OF EITHER
A OR B HAPPENING

P (A OR B) = P(A) + P(B)
MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE
EVENTS A AND B MEANS
EITHER A OR B WILL HAPPEN
PROBABILITY OF MUTUALLY
EXCLUSIVE EVENTS A AND B

P (A OR B) = P(A) + P(B)
AFTER JAKE AND HIS MOM
BOUGHT 500-PESO WORTH OF
GROCERY ITEMS, THEY WERE
ENTITLED TO GET A FREEBIE.
WHAT IS THE PROBABILITY THAT
HE WILL GET EITHER A PACK OF
VITAMIN C OR A NOTEBOOK?
AFTER JAKE AND HIS MOM
BOUGHT 500-PESO WORTH OF
GROCERY ITEMS, THEY WERE
ENTITLED TO GET A FREEBIE.
WHAT IS THE PROBABILITY THAT
HE WILL GET EITHER A PACK OF
VITAMIN C OR A NOTEBOOK?

ANSWER: 1/2
MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE EVENTS
ARE THINGS THAT WE CANNOT
DO AT THE SAME TIME.
THESE ARE ALSO SCENARIOS OR
EVENTS WHEREIN TWO (2) OF
THEM CANNOT HAPPEN AT THE
SAME TIME.
THINGS WE
CANNOT DO AT
THE SAME TIME
THINGS THAT
CANNOT HAPPEN
AT THE SAME
TIME
A CARD IS DRAWN FROM A
DECK OF PLAYING CARDS.
WHAT IS THE PROBABILITY
OF DRAWING A HEART OR
THE KING OF SPADES?
A CARD IS DRAWN FROM A
DECK OF PLAYING CARDS.
WHAT IS THE PROBABILITY
OF DRAWING A HEART OR
THE KING OF SPADES?

ANSWER: 7/26
A BAG CONTAINS 2 YELLOW BALLS, 3 GREEN
BALLS, 5 RED BALLS AND 6 ORANGE BALLS.
WHAT IS THE PROBABILITY OF EITHER A YELLOW
BALL OR A RED BALL BEING DRAWN IF ONLY ONE
BALL IS DRAWN?
A BAG CONTAINS 2 YELLOW BALLS, 3 GREEN
BALLS, 5 RED BALLS AND 6 ORANGE BALLS.
WHAT IS THE PROBABILITY OF EITHER A YELLOW
BALL OR A RED BALL BEING DRAWN IF ONLY ONE
BALL IS DRAWN?

ANSWER: 7/16
WORKSHEET
THANK
YOU!

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