Probability of Independent Events
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- Remember, two events, AAA and BBB, are independent if the fact that AAA occurs does not affect the probability of BBB occurring. An example of an independent event is the rollin…
By Freya Edholm, Expii Team, Ishwar Karthik
- Independent Events Two events are said to be independent of each other if and only if the probability of AAA happening does not affect the probability of BBB occurring. We can w…
By Sarah Walker, Anusha Rahman
- Two events are considered independent if the result of the first event does not affect the second event whatsoever. For example: Let's say I have a standard deck of cards (52 ca…
By Sarah Walker
- (Video) Example of Probability of Independent Events by Don't Memorise In this video by Don't Memorise, you will see an example of how to find the probability of independent eve…
By Anusha Rahman
- Independent Events Now that we've covered dependent events, let's dive deeper into independent events! Independent events are events where the result of one event does not chang…
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Problems 20
- Adam flips a fair coin 202020 times and lands on heads each time. What is the probability that he will land heads on his 21st flip?
- A coin that comes up heads with probability p>0p > 0p>0 and tails with probability 1−p>01-p > 01−p>0 independently on each flip is flipped eight times. Suppose the probability o…
- A drawer contains 333 red paper clips, 444 green paper clips, and 555 blue paper clips. One paper clip is taken from the drawer and then replaced. Another paper clip is taken fr…
- A die is rolled. Find the probability that the number obtained is greater than 444.
- In a standard deck of cards, what is the probability of getting a queen?
- The blood groups of 200 people is distributed as follows: 50 have type A blood, 65 have B blood type, 70 have O blood type and 15 have type AB blood. If a person from this group…
- Jyn Erso, the heroine of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story says, "We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent." Suppose there is 90%90\%90% chanc…
- Suppose that each repetition succeeds with probability 99.999%99.999\%99.999%, independent of the success or failure of all other repetitions. What is the probability that the m…
- You toss a fair coin and it comes up "Heads" 7,000 times in a row. What is the chance that the next toss will also be a "Head"?
- What is the probability of getting 333 tails in a row when flipping a fair coin?
- Your boss fairly/randomly assigns everyone an extra 222 hours work over the weekend (Saturday and Sunday) between 555 pm and midnight. What are the chances you get Saturday betw…
- What is the probability of Sally making all of her next 8 popcorn throw attempts?
- If both fire their cannons at the same time, what is the probability that both the pirate and the Captain hit each other's ships?
- If you flip a coin and roll a 6-sided die, what is the probability that you will flip a heads and roll a 2?
- There are 3 green marbles and 5 blue marbles in a bag. Two marbles are drawn from the bag at random. Let A be the event that the first marble drawn is green. Let B be the event …
- A coin is being tossed twice. What is the the probability of getting both heads (HH).
- A dice is being thrown twice. Find the probability of getting 5 and then a 6.
- On your bookshelf there are three geometry and five algebra books. If two books are taken then what is the probability that first is of geometry and other of algebra? Assume boo…
- A coin is tosses and a dice is rolled simultaneously. What is the probability of a tail and a 5 coming as the output?
- The probability of Aaron to solve a problem is 0.3 and the probability of Charlotte to solve the same problem is 0.6. Find the probability that the problem is solved by neither …