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This document discusses probability and introduces key concepts such as independent and dependent events, sample spaces, and conditional probability. It provides examples and practice problems for students to work through. The learning objectives are for students to understand how probability applies to real life and be able to test probability concepts in practice. Students work in groups to come up with examples of independent and dependent probability problems.

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This document discusses probability and introduces key concepts such as independent and dependent events, sample spaces, and conditional probability. It provides examples and practice problems for students to work through. The learning objectives are for students to understand how probability applies to real life and be able to test probability concepts in practice. Students work in groups to come up with examples of independent and dependent probability problems.

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Probability

Intro:
Class Objectives: When asked to solve a problem that involves probability,
students will be able to tell whether the problem is dependent or independent,
and solve accordingly.

Learning Objectives: Students will be able to see how probability is able to


have real life connections within our days. In the end they will be able to test
that out first hand.

What is it?
Watch this video and write down 5 things you thought were new, important,
or interesting.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.
Lets Dive in with Definitions
Write down the definitions to the following in your own words after hearing
the lecture definition. Then fill in the fraction.

Random:

1. Probability:

2. Probability:

How Probability is Used in Everyday Life


Fill in the blank on the following
• What is the probability of _____ a __ on ___ dice?

• What is the probability that it ___ rain ________?

• What is the probability of getting _____ when flipping a _____ coin?


• What is the probability that the ________ sitting next to you will say ___ if
you ask them to hang _____out?

Now You Try
Directions: Come up with at least one example of a probability question, and
be ready to share with the class.

Terminology
Sample Space:

S=
S={rains, doesn’t rain}
S=
S= {yes, no}

Event:

{ 10 }
{ }
{ H }
{ }

Lets do Some Practice


Write down the answers to the following
1. P(H)=
2. P(roll 5 on one die)=
3. P(roll an even number on one die)=
4. P(roll sum of 10 on 2 dice)=
5. P(2H on 3 coin flips)=

Objects Used in Questions
In most questions that deal with probability there are three typical objects that
will be used in them and they are the following:

Independent and Dependent Events


Write down the definitions for each
Independent:

Dependent:
Independent
Circle which one is correct.
-Remember these occur when one event (does/does not) affect the occurrence
of the other event.

In symbols write down what it looks like in the blue box.

You try
A student taking a quiz randomly guesses the answers to four true-false
questions. Use a sample space to determine whether guessing Question 1
correctly and guessing Question 2 correctly are independent.

In the following space, please write down what the sample space for this
problem looks like.

P( )= = .
P( )= = .

Since we know these are ___________ we multiple the two together and we
have

P( )= = .

Thus the events are (independent\dependent). <— Circle the correct one. 

Now You Try
Question: A group of four students includes one boy and three girls. The
teacher randomly selects one of the students to be the speaker and a different
student to be the recorder. Use a sample space, then determine whether
randomly selecting a girl first and randomly selecting a girl second are
independent events.

Our goal is to determine if the events are independent or not.

Solution
Use the following space to follow along and write down the answer. Then fill
in the chart.
Solution:

Number of Girls Outcome Outcome

1 G1B

1 BG2

1 G3B

2 G2G1

2 G1G3

2 G3G2
Dependent
Circle which one is correct.
-Remember two events are dependent events when the occurrence of one
event (does/does not) affect the occurrence of the other event.

What does conditional probability mean?


Conditional probability:

In symbols write down what this looks like in the blue box.

You Try
A bag contains twenty $1 bills and five $100 bills. You randomly draw a bill
from the bag, set it aside, and then randomly draw another bill from the bag.
Find the probability that both events A and B will occur.

In the following space, please write down what the sample space for this
problem looks like.

Event A: Event B:

The events are (independent/dependent) because there is one less bill in the
bag on your second draw than on your first draw.
P(A)=
P(B|A)=
Then,
P(A and B)=

So, the probability that you draw ____ $100 bills is about _____%.

Now You Try


Question: You randomly select 3 cards from a standard deck of 52 playing
cards. What is the probability that all three cards are hearts when you do not
replace each card before selecting the next card?

Our goal is to determine if the events are dependent or not.

Solution
Use the following space to follow along and write down the answer.
Solution:
Lets Recall
What exactly did we learn
After watching the video that sums up everything we talked about write down
5 more things you understand better, still having a hard time with, or find
interesting.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.
Now Your Try
For this, you will be getting into groups of 2-3 and come up with 5
independent and 5 dependent problems.

Independent Dependent

1. 1.

2. 2.

3. 3.

4. 4.

5. 5.

Be ready to present 2 from each section!!!

Overall
• Overall probability helps us to ________ what the likelihood of
something happening will be.
• This is extremely good when it comes to situation like _____ or even the
chances of catching the _____ green while _______.
• You will see how probability has many _________ to the real world with
your problems, and __________ what other classmates came up with.

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