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Starter A mother has to pack 3 school lunches into 3 different school bags. She never remembers which lunch box belongs to which school bag. If X is the number of lunch boxes that go into the correct school bag, complete a probability distribution for X. x 1 2 3 P(X=x) 2/6 3/6 1/6
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John Venn Venn’s most important work was in logic and probability. He introduced his now famous Venn Diagram. This showed how a number of closed curves (circles) could be used to represent sets with something in common. Venn had other skills and interests too, including a rare skill in building machines. He used his skill to build a machine for bowling cricket balls which was so good that when the Australian Cricket team visited Cambridge in 1909, Venn's machine clean bowled one of its top stars four times.
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Note 3 : Venn Diagrams Venn diagrams show relationships between two or more events. The rectangle represents the sample space and the circles represent events.
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The intersection A ∩ B represents both occurring. A and B.
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Example: The probability that a student in the stats class plays cricket is The probability a student plays rugby is The probability that the student plays both sports is 0.24. Calculate the probability that a student plays only one sport. P(C) = P(R) = P(C ∩ R) = 0.24
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P(C) = P(R) = P(C ∩ R) = 0.24 C R 0.56 0.24 0.11 0.09 P(one sport) = P(Cricket) + P(Rugby) = = 0.67
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Workbook Page 156 Exercise B, Q1-6
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