10TH GRADE

UNIT 6:
PROBAILITY OF
COMPOUND EVENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS

LEARNING INDEPENDENT
01 OBJECTIVES 02 EVENTS

DEPENDENT
03 EVENTS 04 TIME TO THINK!
 LEARNING OBJECTIVES

At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:

1.Illustrate independent and dependent events,

2.Find probabilities of independent and dependent events.

02
INDEPENDENT
AND DEPENDENT
EVENTS
 INDEPENDENT EVENTS
Two events are independent if the occurrence of one of the
event gives us no information about whether or not the
other event will occur; that is, the event have no influence
on each other.

If two events, A and B, independent, then the probability

of both events occurring is the product of the probability of
A and the probability of B.

𝑷 ( 𝑨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝑩 )=𝑷 ( 𝑨)∙ 𝑷 ( 𝑩)

State whether the result of the first event affects the result of the second
event.

1. Studying hard, getting a high grade

2. eating a lot, gaining weight

3. Playing computer games, submitting all assignments and projects

on time

4. Tossing a coin, rolling a die and getting a 6

5. Attending a singing lesson, raining today

EXAMPLE

In a jar, there are 6 violet balls, 5 orange balls,

and 4 pink balls. A ball is drawn, replaced, and
a second ball is randomly selected. Find the
probability of the following events.
A. P (Two violet balls are drawn)

SOLUTION
2 2
6 6
¿ ×
15 15
5 5
2 2
¿ ×
5 5
𝟒
¿
𝟐𝟓
B. P(Orange ball, then violet ball

Solution:

1 2
5 6
¿ ×
15 15
3 5

1 2
¿ ×
3 5

𝟐
¿
𝟏𝟓
 C. P (Two balls drawn are not pink)

Solution:

11 11
¿ ×
15 15

𝟏𝟐𝟏
¿
𝟐𝟐𝟓
D. P (Two balls drawn are of the same color)

Solution

= P (violet, violet) + P (orange, orange) + P (pink, pink)

¿ ( )( ) ( )( ) ( )( )
6
15
6
15
+
5
15
5
15
+
4
15
4
15
36 25 16
¿ + +
225 225 225
𝟕𝟕
¿
𝟐𝟐𝟓
 DEPENDENT EVENTS
When the outcome of one event affects the outcome of
another event, they are dependent events.

If two events, A and B, are dependent, then probability of

both events occurring is the product of the probability of A
and the probability of B after A occurs.

That is,
 EXAMPLE
A fruit basket contains 7 apples, 4 bananas, 6 guavas, and 3
oranges. Teddy randomly chooses one piece of fruit, eats it, and
chooses another one. Find the probability of the follwing events.
A. P (apple, then another apple)

3
7 6
¿ ×
20 19
10

7 3
¿ ×
10 19
𝟐𝟏
¿
𝟏𝟗𝟎
 EXAMPLE
A fruit basket contains 7 apples, 4 bananas, 6 guavas, and
3 oranges. Teddy randomly chooses one piece of fruit,
eats it, and chooses another one. Find the probability of
the follwing events.
B. P (banana, then orange)

4 3
¿ ×
20 19

1 3
¿ ×
5 19
𝟑
¿
𝟗𝟓
 EXAMPLE
A fruit basket contains 7 apples, 4 bananas, 6 guavas, and 3
oranges. Teddy randomly chooses one piece of fruit, eats it, and
chooses another one. Find the probability of the follwing events.
C. P (guava, not banana)

3
6 15
¿ ×
20 19
10
3
3 15
¿ ×
10 19
2
3 3 𝟗
¿ × ¿
2 19 𝟑𝟖
 EXAMPLE
A fruit basket contains 7 apples, 4 bananas, 6 guavas, and 3
oranges. Teddy randomly chooses one piece of fruit, eats it, and
chooses another one. Find the probability of the follwing events.
A. P (orange, apple, another orange)
1 1
3 7 2
¿ × ×
20 19 1 8
10 6

1 7 1
¿ × ×
10 19 7
𝟕
¿
𝟏𝟏𝟒𝟎
THANK YOU FOR
LISTENING!
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TIME TO THINK!