Independent Events

Multiplication Rule 1:
If in a probability experiment, the
events A and B are independent events,
then

P(A and B)=P(A)●P(B)

Solve the following completely:

1) A cookie jar contains 12 butter cookies, 8 almond cookies,

13 chocolate cookies, and 15 fortune cookies. A cookie is
chosen at random from the jar. After replacing it, a
second cookie is chosen. What is the probability of
choosing a fortune cookie and then a butter cookie?

2) You are ask to randomly choose three cards in succession

and with replacement from a deck of 52 cards. What is
the probability that you will choose an ace, then an eight,
and then a diamond?
Solve the following completely:
1. What is the probability of rolling a 5 on a
die, and then rolling a 3 on the second roll of
the die?

2. What is the probability of getting a queen of

hearts from a deck of 52 cards, replacing it and
then getting a king of spades as the next card?
Assignment:
Solve the problem completely:

From the box containing 6 red socks and 4

white socks, two socks are drawn in
succession without replacement. What is the
probability that the first sock drawn is white
and then the second is red?
A cookie jar contains 9 butter cookies,
10 almond cookies, 7 chocolate
cookies, and 20 fortune cookies. A
cookie is chosen at random from the
jar. After replacing it, a second cookie
is chosen. What is the probability of
choosing a chocolate cookie and then a
almond cookie?
1.Bag A contains 9 red marbles
and 3 green marbles. Bag B
contains 9 black marbles and 6
orange marbles. Find the
probability of selecting one green
marble from bag A and one black
marble from bag B.
2. Two seniors, one from each
government class are randomly
selected to travel to Washington,
D.C. Wes is in a class of 18
students and Maureen is in a class
of 20 students. Find the
probability that both Wes and
Maureen will be selected.
3. If there was only one
government class, and Wes and
Maureen were in that class of 38
students, what would be the
probability that both Wes and
Maureen would be selected as
the two students to go to
Washington?
DEPENDENT EVENTS
 Two events A and B are dependent if the
outcome of A affects the outcome of B so
that the probability is changed.

 Ifin a probability experiment, the events A

and B are any two dependent events, then

P(A and B) = P (A Ո B) = P(A) X P(B│A)

A box contains 5 purple marbles, 3, green
marbles, and 2 orange marbles. Two
consecutive draws are made from the box
without replacement of the first draw. Find
the probability of each event.
a. P(orange first, green second)

b. P(both marbles are purple)

c. P( the first marble is purple, and the

second is ANY color EXCEPT purple)
. If
you draw two cards from a
standard deck of 52 cards without
replacement, find:
a. P(King first, Jack second)

b. P(face card first, ace second)

c. P(2 aces)