Lesson 1.

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Assessment
Answer Key

1. We assume that events A and B are independent. We need Ac and Bc are

independent. In other words, we need to show P  AC  Bc   P  Ac   P  Bc  .

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P AC  Bc  P  A  B   ,by De Morgan's rule
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 1 P  A  B  ,by complement rule

 1 P  A  P  B   P  A  B   ,by addition rule
 1 P  A   P  B   P  A  B 
 1 P  A  P  B   P  A   P  B  ,by independence of A and B
 1 P  A   P  B  1 P  A  
 1 P  A  1 P  B  

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 P Ac P Bc

2. a) S={BBB, BBG, BGB, GBB, GGB, GBG, BGG, GGG}

A={BBG, BGB, GBB, GGB, GBG, BGG}
B={GGB, GBG, BGG, GGG}
A  B={GGB, GBG, BGG}
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P  A  ; P B  ; P  A  B  .
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We need to check if P  A  B   P  A P  B  .
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   Therefore, A and B are independent events.
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b) S={BB, BG, GB, GG}

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A={GB, BG} P  A 
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B={BG, GB, GG} P  B  
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A  B={GB, BG} P  A  B  
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We need to check if P  A  B   P  A P  B  .
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  . Therefore, A and B are NOT independent events.
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