What is addition rule of probability, Mathematics

Assignment Help:

Q. What is Addition Rule of probability?

Ans.

Suppose there are 17 girls and 15 boys in your stats class. There are 17 + 15 = 32 ways for your teacher to pick one student to answer a question. Your teacher could either pick a girl or a boy to answer the question, but not both.

In general, suppose we can do job 1 in p ways and job 2 in q ways. Then we can do either job 1 or job 2, but not both, in p + q ways.


Related Discussions:- What is addition rule of probability

Find the middle term of the arithmetic progressions, Find the middle term o...

Find the middle term of the AP 1, 8, 15....505. A ns:    Middle terms a + (n-1)d = 505 a + (n-1)7 = 505 n - 1 = 504/7 n = 73 ∴ 37th term is middle term a 37

Trignometry, verify 4(sin^4 30^0+cos60^0 )-3(cos^2 ?45?^0-sin^2 90^0 )=2

verify 4(sin^4 30^0+cos60^0 )-3(cos^2 ?45?^0-sin^2 90^0 )=2

Which of the following binomials could represent the length, The area of Mr...

The area of Mr. Smith's rectangular classroom is x 2 - 25. Which of the following binomials could represent the length and the width of the room? Since area of a rectangle is

Introduction to the normal distribution, Q. Introduction to the Normal Dist...

Q. Introduction to the Normal Distribution? Ans. The Binomial distribution is a model for what might happen in the future for a discrete random variable. The Normal Distri

Find the length of the second diagonal, Find the length of the second diago...

Find the length of the second diagonal of a rhombus, whose side is 5cm and one of the diagonals is 6cm.

Problem Solving, the low temperature in anchorage alaska today was negative...

the low temperature in anchorage alaska today was negative four degrees what is the difference in the two low temperatures

Collecting and interpreting data, Q. How to Collecting and interpreting dat...

Q. How to Collecting and interpreting data? Ans. Collecting and interpreting data is the most important job of a statistician. There are many types of studies and differe

Find the distance of the journey, A train covered a certain distance at a u...

A train covered a certain distance at a uniform speed.  If the train would have been 6km/hr faster, it would have taken 4hours less than the scheduled time.   And if the train were

Write Your Message!

Captcha
Free Assignment Quote

Assured A++ Grade

Get guaranteed satisfaction & time on delivery in every assignment order you paid with us! We ensure premium quality solution document along with free turntin report!

All rights reserved! Copyrights ©2019-2020 ExpertsMind IT Educational Pvt Ltd