Ramon D.

Peñalber II Quantitative
Methods
BT401 | 2ND YEAR | BSIT April 5, 2024

02 Activity 4

Determine whether the events are independent or dependent then find the probability. Show the
complete solution.

1. Miriam randomly chooses 2 items for the child she is babysitting from a toy bin that
contains 12 toys, 8 stuffed animals, and 3 board games. What is the probability that she
chose 2 stuffed animals as the first two choices?

Dependent

Number of Choices = 23 (12 + 8 + 3)

8
P ( 1 )=
23
7
P ( 2 )=
22
P ( 1∧2 )=P ( 1 ) × P ( 2 )
8 7
¿ ×
23 22
56 28
¿ ∨
506 253

28
The probability of choosing 2 stuffed animals as the first two choices is
253

2. Arman and Gaylee went to a pet store to buy dog food for their dog Loki. They chose
from 10 brands of dry food, 6 brands of canned food, and 3 brands of pet snacks. What is
the probability that they both chose dry food if Arman randomly chose first and liked the
first brand he picked up?

Independent

Number of Brands = 19 (10 + 6 + 3)

10
P ( dry )=
19
P ( dry∧dry )=P ( dry ) × P ( dry )
10 10
¿ ×
19 19
100
¿
361
The probability that they both chose dry food if Arman randomly chose first and liked
100
the first brand he picked up is
361
3. Joshua’s mother has 10 orange juice boxes, 7 grape juice boxes, and 3 lemonade juice
boxes in the cooler for Joshua and his friends. Joshua randomly takes a juice box from
the cooler, and then randomly chooses another juice box without replacing the first. Find
the probability that both juice boxes are lemonade.

Dependent

Number of boxes = 20 (10 + 7 + 3)

3
P ( 1 )=
20
2
P ( 2 )=
19
P ( 1∧2 )=P ( 1 ) × P ( 2 )
3 2
¿ ×
20 19
6 3
¿ ∨
380 190
3
The probability that both juice boxes are lemonade is
190

4. You have a bag of 15 Scrabble tiles. 3 of the tiles are O and 2 of the tiles are U. What is
the probability of getting O and then U?

Dependent

Number of Tiles = 15

3 1
P ( 1 )= ∨
15 5
2 1
P ( 2 )= ∨
14 7
P ( 1∧2 )=P ( 1 ) × P ( 2 )
1 1
¿ ×
5 7
1
¿
35
1
The probability of getting O and then U is
35