Probability summary

1. `Probability\=(Right)/(All) =(The\ \n\umber\ of\ ways\ of \ ac\hiev\i\ng\ suc\c\ess)/(T\he\ \t\otal\ n\umber\ of \ possibl\e\ outcomes`

2. With a probability question:

ALWAYS draw a probability TREE

3. Probability tree think flicking a coin twice:

Probability tree of tossing a coin

Vocabulary you need

1. Dependent – one event INFLUENCES the outcome of the other (sometimes called conditional probability). Dependent probability is about INFLUENCE.

2. Independent – one event is NOT influenced by the other. Independent probability is about NOT having an INFLUENCE.

3. Mutually exclusive – events that can’t both happen at the same TIME.

4. Non-mutually exclusive – events that can both happen at the same TIME.