3.5 Tree and Venn Diagrams
Chapter Objectives
- Understand and use the terminology of probability
- Determine whether two events are mutually exclusive and whether two events are independent
- Calculate probabilities using the addition rules and multiplication rules
- Construct and interpret contingency tables
- Construct and interpret Venn diagrams
- Construct and interpret tree diagrams
Assignment
- All vocabulary (see Key Terms for definitions)
- 3.5 Homework 113–115
- Read the next section in the book
Like last section, there really isn’t new material, just working with a different view of probability. This time, using tree diagrams to visualize a situation. We’ll go through Example 3.24 in class, so if you are out that day, then read that on your own and come back with any questions you might have.