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Dependent Events: An experiment in which the outcome of the first event DOES affect the outcome of the events that follow. Look for the words “without replacement”.
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Dependent Events: An experiment in which the outcome of the first event DOES affect the outcome of the events that follow. Look for the words “without replacement”
In your closet you have a variety of shirts… a green, a blue, a red, and a yellow. You also have several ties you can wear… a purple, a black, and a brown. • Independent or Dependent? ______ • P(green shirt): _____ • P(brown tie): _____ • P(green shirt and a brown tie): _____ • P(green shirt or a blue shirt): _____ • P(green shirt or blue shirt and a black tie): _____
When you get home from school today you plan on having a healthy snack. In your refrigerator there are 5 apples, 4 oranges, and a kiwi. You reach in to grab one randomly and eat it. Five minutes later you decide that you are still hungry and reach in to randomly grab another piece of fruit. • Independent or Dependent? ______ • P(apple): ______ • P(orange, apple): ______ • P(kiwi, orange): ______ • P(orange, plum): ______
You are trying to buy a gift for your mom for mothers day. You would like to buy some chocolate and some flowers for her. The options for chocolate are milk, dark, and orange. The florist has roses, tulips, daisies, and carnations. • Independent or Dependent? _____ • P(Dark chocolate and roses): _____ • P(milk chocolate and roses): _____ • P(roses or tulips): _____ • P(milk chocolate and roses or tulips): _____
Independent or Dependent? _____ • P(red, orange): ______ • P(green, green, green): _____ • P(blue, blue): _____ • P(red, yellow): _____ • P(same color two times in a row): _____
In a bag you have placed 3 red cubes, 2 blue cubes, 1 brown cube, and 5 green cubes. You reach in and randomly select one of the cubes. After selecting the cube you will not replace it and then randomly select another cube • Independent or Dependent? _____ • P(red, blue): _____ • P(red, red): _____ • P(brown, brown): _____ • P(green, red, green): _____