Respuesta :
If two events are independent, the occurrence of one event does not affect the other.
That is if two events are independent, then P(Aâ©B)=P(A)P(B)
Let A be the even getting a sum of 6 in a single roll of two dice.
Sample space of A ={(1,5)(5,1)(2,4)(4,2)(3,3)}
n(A)=5; n(S)=36
Therefore P(A) =n(A)/n(S) =5/36 ---------(1)
Let B be the event of rolling doubles.
Sample space for B ={(1,1)(2,2)(3,3)(4,4)(5,5)(6,6)}
n(B)=6;n(S)=36
P(B) = n(B)/n(S) = 6/36 --------------(2)
Aâ©B is the event of getting a sum of 6 and rolling doubles.
Therefore n(Aâ©B)=1
P(Aâ©B)=1/36 ------(3)
Multiplying equation (1) and (2)
(5/36)*(6/36)=5/216
but P(Aâ©B)=1/36
P(Aâ©B) ≠P(A)P(B)
Therefore, the events are not independent.
Answer:
The events, rolling a sum of 6 and rolling doubles are not independent events
Step-by-step explanation:
We know that two events A and B are independent if:
[tex]P(A\bigcap B)=P(A)\times P(B)[/tex]
where P denotes the probability of an event.
Let A denote the event of rolling a sum of 6
and B denote the event of rolling a double.
Then A∩B denote the event of rolling a double whose sum is 6.
Now we know that there are a total of 36 outcomes on rolling two die
Now [tex]P(A)=\dfrac{5}{36}[/tex]
( Since there are 5 outcomes such that sum of the roll is: 6
i.e. (1,5), (2,4) , (3,3) , (4,2) and (5,1) )
Also,
[tex]P(B)=\dfrac{6}{36}=\dfrac{1}{6}[/tex]
( Since there are a total of 6 events which are double
i.e. (1,1) (2,2) (3,3) (4,4) (5,5) and (6,6) )
This means that:
[tex]P(A)\times P(B)=\dfrac{5}{36}\times \dfrac{1}{6}\\\\\\P(A)\times P(B)=\dfrac{5}{216}[/tex]
Also, A∩B is the outcome (3,3)
Hence, we have:
[tex]P(A\bigcap B)=\dfrac{1}{36}[/tex]
Hence, we get:
[tex]P(A\bigcap B)\neq P(A)\times P(B)[/tex]
Hence, the events are not independent.