GeometricProbability

This probability is used when an eventhas an infinite

number of outcomes
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Probability is always a number between 0 and I
Geometric probability takes on basically four forms
Area
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A stoplight has the following cycle
Green for 25 seconds yellow for 5 seconds red for 30seconds
25 5 30 i 25 5 30 60 seconds
ye g n Italy
what is the probability the light will be yellow when you arrive
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If you arrive 50 times predict how manytimes you will

have to stop and wait 10 seconds
First find the probability of the event happening once
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Second multiply the probability and the number oftimes the
event happens
50 3 16 T or M times
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Acarnival gameconsists of
throwing darts at a rectangular potty jim
for Wing
certain
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10in
hitting shapes
An equilateral triangle a circle joy.tt oo I
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trapezoid
what is the probability youhit the circle
Total Area 20 045 900 ait
Area of circle IT 22 45 12.5762
Pe IIIffitt 1 013966
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The trapezoid
Area of trapezoid I 12 3 10 75 in 2

PE AIIIIIInd 1 I 085
The shaded Area
Area of triangle tbh 4B 6 RB
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SET THEORY
A Set is well defined collection of distinct objects
a
Each object in the set is called an element of the set
A set is denoted braces An emptyset is denoted
by The set of all elementsunder consideration
by 0 or s
is the Universal Set U or
y
 Examples
The universalset is all naturalnumbers less than 10
U I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 93
Set A is the set of prime numbers less than 10
A 2,3 5,7
than 10
Set B is the set of even natural numbers less
B 2,416 8
numbers less than 10
Set C is the set of natural
that are multiples of 4
c 4 8
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Set C is subset of Set B if every element of C is

a an
element of set B
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C C B
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The intersection of sets A and B is the set of all
elements that are in both A q is

A M B
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The union of sets A and B is the set of all elements
that are in A and B
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everything
The complement of Set A is the set of all elements
in the universal set u that are not in Set A

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Theoretical Probability The measure of how an event
is to occur when all the outcomes likely of an
to happen
experiment are
equally likely
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For anevent A in sample spaces the probability that
an event A will occur is given by
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What is the probability that A n B occurs
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P ARB YES at
what is the probability that AUB occurs
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CommonNumberSets
Naturalmembers 0 1,2 N
Integers 0 I 1,12 23
Rationalnumber t 8 I E ta o it
Irrationalnumbs P Fiat F B BG T e writtena
Realnumbers Rx all theaban