Transcript 5.2 Part 2
Warm up!
Put these on a separate sheet of paper. I might
RANDOMLY decide to collect!
Determine a method to simulate each of the following
events:
If 15% of all AP statistics students get a “5” on the AP
exam, how many would we need to randomly select
until we selected someone who got a “5”?
A professional basketball player has a 73% free throw
percentage, and needs to make their next two free
throw attempts.
Homework questions
5.2
Venn Diagrams
Issue from yesterday…
When we find P(A or B) we were having to add up
individual cells from our tables.
When we say we are going to the football game or
watching a movie that usually means we will do one or the
other, BUT NOT BOTH!
In statistics, “A or B” could mean one or the other or
both…
When we did those problems in yesterday’s notes we
added each cell and divided by the total to get P(A or B)
Another way to look at it
Find P(male or pierced ears)
Gender
Yes
No
Total
Male
19
71
90
Female
84
4
88
Total
103
75
178
Venn Diagrams
P(A) = 90/178
P(B) = 103/178
P(A and B) = 19/178
The middle is double counted if we
simply add
P(A or B) = P(A) + P(B) – P(A and B)
General Addition Rule for Two Events
P(A or B) = P(A) + P(B) – P(A and B)
If the events happen to be mutually exclusive…
Compliment
Mutually Exclusive or Disjoint
A and B
𝐴∩𝐵
A or B
𝐴∪𝐵
Example
In an apartment complex, 40% of residents read USA Today.
Only 25% read the New York Times. Five percent of residents
read both papers. Suppose we select a resident of the
apartment complex at random and record which of the
following two papers the person reads.
Made a two-way table (assume 100 people total to make easy)
Construct a Venn Diagram
Find the probability that the person reads at least one of the two
papers.
Find the probability that the person doesn’t read either paper.
Two-Way Table
Reads New York
Times
Yes
No
Total
Yes
5
20
25
No
35
40
75
Total
40
60
100
Venn Diagram
Answer Questions
C)
𝑃 𝐴 ∪ 𝐵 = 𝑃 𝐴 + 𝑃 𝐵 − 𝑃(𝐴 ∩ 𝐵)
D) 𝑃 𝐴𝐶 ∩ 𝐵𝐶 =
(or the compliment of reads at least one paper)
Homework
Section 5.2 homework: Pg. 309 (3946, 49-56)