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This activity sheets serve as your self-learning guide. It facilitates lesson comprehension as it
focuses on your mastery on illustrating events, and the union and intersection of events.
Looking back to the knowledge and skills related to sets, counting techniques and probability
of simple events will help you illustrate events, its union and intersection.
Here are some of the concepts that may guide you in illustrating events, its union and
intersection.
An event is any set of outcomes of the experiment. An event is a subset of sample space S.
The event is said to occur if the outcome of the experiment is contained in it.
Union of events: The union of events A and B, denoted by
A ∪ B, consists of all outcomes that are in A or in B or in
both A and B. It corresponds to combining descriptions of
the two events using the word “or.”
Shaded region shows A ∪ B
How do we illustrate the Union and Intersection of events? Shaded region shows A ∩ B
Consider a die and a coin are tossed. Let A be the event that a tail comes out and B the event that
a 5 comes out. Illustrate A ∪ B and A ∩ B.
By Listing method
The sample space, S = {H1, H2, H3, H4, H5, H6, T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6}
A = {1T, 2T, 3T, 4T, 5T, 6T}
B = {5T, 5H}
A ∪ B = {1T, 2T, 3T, 4T, 5T, 5H, 6T}
A ∩ B = {5T}
By Tree Diagram
1 1
2 2
3 3
H T
4 4
5 5
6 6
The sample space, S = {H1, H2, H3, H4, H5, H6, T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6}
B = {5T, 5H}
By Venn diagram
A die is tossed. Let A be the event that an odd number turns up and let B be the
event that a number greater than 3 turns up. Illustrate A ∪ B and A ∩ B.
A B
A ∪ B = {1, 3, 4, 5, 6} A ∩ B = {5}
II. Learning Competency with Code
Quarter Most Essential Learning Competencies K – 12 CG Code
Third Illustrates events, and union and intersection of events M10SP-IIIF-1
Illustrate the following events by listing the sample space, S, and the union and intersection
of events. Item number 1 is done for you. Continue with the remaining numbers.
Example:
1. A 1-peso coin is tossed. A is the event that the coin falls head and B is the event that the coin
falls tail.
Solution:
The Sample space is S = {H, T}
A = {H}
B = {T}
A ∪ B = {H, T}
A ∩ B = {∅}
2. A die is tossed once. A is the event that an even number comes out and B is the event that a
prime number comes out.
3. A 5-section spinner marked 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 is spun once and a coin is tossed once. A is the
event of spinning a 4 and B is the event of getting a tail.
Example:
1. A 3-section spinner marked red, green, and blue is spun once and a coin is tossed one. A is
the event of spinning a red and B is the event of getting a head.
Illustrate the following events using a Venn Diagram and shade the portion for each question.
Solution:
V. Guide Questions
Answer the following questions to determine what you have learned.
1. How do you determine union of events?
2. How do you determine intersection of events?
3. How does the concept of set help you in finding the intersection and union of two or more
events?
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