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Example 1.1: Draw the Venn and Tree diagrams for the
experiment of tossing a coin twice.
2) P( S ) 1.
3)If A1 , A2 , A3 ,is
, a finite or infinite sequence of mutually
exclusive events of S, then
P( A1 A2 A3 ) P A1 P( A2 ) P( A3 )
Example 1.3:
Example 1.4
If we flip a coin twice, what is the probability of getting at most one
head?
If an experiment can result in any one of N different equally likely
outcomes, and if n of these outcomes together constitute event A,
then the probability of event A:
n
P( A)
N
Example 1.5: Find the probability of obtaining an even number in
one roll of a die.
Solution:
Exercises 1.1:
(1)
(2)
(3)
Example 1.6:
Example 1.7:
Example 1.8:
Example 1.9:
Example 1.10:
Example 1.11:
Exercises 1.2:
(1)
(2)
(3)
Exercises 1.2 (continue):
(4)
Example 1.12:
Example 1.13:
Example 4.15:
Example 4.16:
Exercises 1.3:
(1)
(2)
Exercises 1.3 (continue):
(3)