Name: ___________________________________________Grade & Section: _________________

Subject: Mathematics 10 Teacher: ______________________________ Score: ______________

Lesson : Quarter 3 Week 8 LAS 1

Activity Title : Union and Intersection of Events
Learning Target : Finds the probability of (AUB) of mutually exclusive events.
Reference(s) : Mathematics 10 Learners Module p.335-337, MELC (M10SP-IIIg-h-1)
LAS Writer : Shiela Mae P. Tito

If two events, A and B are mutually exclusive, the probability of (AUB) is the sum of their probabilities.
In symbol, P(AUB) = P(A) + P(B).

Example:
Alexis has 38 red chips, 16 blue chips, and 28 white chips. What is the probability that Alexis
randomly selects a blue chip or a red chip?
Solution: Note that there are 82 chips in total. We have:
P(AUB) = P(A) + P(B)
P(blue or red) = P(blue) + P(red)
16 38
= +
82 82
54
=
82
27
=
41
27
Therefore, the probability that Alexis randomly selects a blue or red chip is .
41

Activity
Given a mutually exclusive event below, find the probability of (AUB).
A certain cafe serves different flavors of milk teas to their customers. Anna checks for the available
flavors and they are as follows: 14 caramel flavor, 22 strawberry flavor, 8 taro flavor and 16 chocolate
flavors. Find the probability that Anna will get:
a. P(taro or caramel)
b. P(chocolate or strawberry)
c. P(strawberry or taro)
d. P(caramel or chocolate)