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A piece of pl im
penfencil scale, a pair of dice
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‘To explain the computation of
conditional probability of a given
event A, when event B has already
occurred, through an example of
throwing a pair of dice.
‘Activity
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1, Paste a white paper on a piece of plywood of
a convenient size.
2. Make’a square and divide it into 36 unit squares of size Iem each
(see Fig. @).
3. Write pair of numbers as shown in the figure.
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PIESENS the oy Sulcomes of the given experiment. Hence, it
> cee me “Mple space of the experiment
SE We have to fj : i
Bhas aly ly ee the conditional probability of an event A if an event
the dice™ a aie ie Where A is the event “a number 4 appears on both
: We have to find PATI event "4 has appeared on at least one of the dice"i.c,
From ¥;
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ean % number of outcomes favourable to A = |
ee f outcomes favourable to B = ul
umber ;
of outcomes favourable to A B = |
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36"
' of getting a
GW) PAnB)= 5 :
: P(AMB)
i) PAI) = | of the sample space of the
(B) ‘periment, and then finding the
Onin probability A from it :
1. Outcome(s) favourable to A : Ley, nays | alee Kee
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2. Outcomes favourable to B: _~n (By=_ TL (3 47
3. Outcomes favourable to AN B : fue wWhen@anBs) wy)
4.P(AMB)= Von i
v4 (4,3)
5. P(AILB)= =
w
APPLICATION 136 (re
This activity is helpful in understanding the concept of conditional
1 probability,
which is further used in Bayes’ theorem,
‘Mathematics 195
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