The sample space Sis the whole numbers starting at one and less than 20.

a.S=_____________________________

Let event A=the even numbers and event B=numbers greater than 13.

b.A=_____________________,B=_____________________

c.P(A)=_____________,P(B)=________________

d.AANDB=____________________,AORB=________________

e.P(AANDB)=_________,P(AORB)=_____________

f.A=_____________,P(A)=_____________

g.P(A)+P(A)=____________

h. P(A|B)=___________,P(B|A)=_____________;are the probabilities equal?

Short Answer

Expert verified

a.S={1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19}

b.A={2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18},B={14,15,16,17,18,19}

c.P(A)=919,P(B)=619

d.A ANDB={14,16,18},AORB={2,4,6,8,10,12,14,15,16,17,18,19}

e.P(AANDB)=319,P(AORB)=1219

f.A=1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17,19;PA=1019

g.P(A)+PA=1919+1019=1

h.P(AB)=P(AANDB)P(B)=36,P(BA)=P(AANDB)P(A)=39,No

Step by step solution

01

Given information

The whole numbers starting at 1and less than 20is given by:

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19

A={2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18}

B={14,15,16,17,18,19}

02

Explanation (part a)

Sample space Sis given by the whole numbers starting from one and less than 20:

S={1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19}

03

Explanation (part b)

As per the given information from the sample space S, event AandBare as follows:

A={2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18}B={14,15,16,17,18,19}

04

Explanation (part c)

Probability of Ais given by:

P(A)=n(A)n(S)

From the solutions of part a and part b, n(S)=19,n(A)=9andn(B)=6.

P(A)=919

Probability of B is given by:

P(B)=n(B)n(S)=619

05

Explanation (part d)

AANDB=ABAANDB={2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18}{14,15,16,17,18,19}AANDB={14,16,18}

AORB=ABAORB={2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18}{14,15,16,17,18,19}AORB={2,4,6,8,10,12,14,15,16,17,18,19}

06

Explanation (part e)

From the solutions of part d, we get n(AANDB)=3andn(AORB)=12.

The probability of AANDBis given by

P(AANDB)=n(AANDB)n(S)=319

The probability of AORBis given by

P(AORB)=n(AORB)n(S)=1219

07

Explanation (part f)

A'=S-AA'={1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19}-{2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18}A'={1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17,19}

From the above solution, n(A')=10

P(A')=n(A')n(S)=1019

08

Explanation (part g)

From the solutions of part c and part f, we get

P(A)+P(A')=919+1019=1919=1

09

Explanation (part h)

From the solutions of part e and part b, we get

P(AB)=P(AANDB)P(B)=36

P(BA)=P(AANDB)P(A)=39

Therefore the probabilities are not equal.

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