Conditional Probability
Independent/Dependent events
Disjoint/overlapping events
Permutations & Combinations
OST prep
100

What is the equation for conditional probability? 

P(B|A) = P(A and B)/P(A)

100

When two events are independent, P(A|B) is equal to _____

P(A)

100

Determine whether or not the events are disjoint:

A card is randomly selected from a standard deck of 52 playing cards. What is the probability that it is a 4 card or a diamond?

Not disjoint - Overlapping  

100

Permutations and combinations are similar, but in which one does order matter? 

 

Permutations 

100

Francisco asks the students in his school what pets they have. He studies the events shown. 

Event S: the student has a cat 

Event T: the student has a dog 

Francisco finds that the two events are independent. 

Select all the equations that must be true. 

  1. P(S|T) = P(S)
  2. P(S|T) = P(T)
  3. P(T|S) = P(S)
  4. P(T|S) = P(T)
  5. P(S or T) = P(S) x P(T) 
  6. P(S and T) P(S) x P(T) 

1,4,6

200

P(A) = 0.40 and P(B)= 0.30 

Find P(A|B) given that A and B are independent events

P(A|B) = 0.40

200

Determine whether or not the events are independent: 

Ben is taking a practice OST and randomly guesses the answer to four true-false questions. Determine whether guessing the correct answer to Question 1 and guessing the correct answer to Question 2 are independent events.

The events are independent 

200

Determine whether or not the events are disjoint:

A card is randomly selected from a standard deck of 52 playing cards. What is the probability that it is an 8 or a face card?  

Disjoint 

200

In how many different ways can you arrange the letters in the word “JULY”? 

4! = 24

200

The probability of flipping a fair coin and heads landing face up is 0.5. The probability of rolling a fair number cube, with sides numbered 1 through 6, and an odd number landing face up is 0.5. 

What is the probability of flipping heads or rolling an odd number? 

3/4 = 0.75 = 75%

300

A school lunch offers three different fruits and two different vegetables as side dishes. You are served two different side dishes at random. Find the probability that you are served a vegetable second given that you are served a fruit first. 

50%

300

Determine whether or not the events are independent: 

Jaydah is eating Skittles Littles. She does not like 3/6 of the flavors. There is one of each flavor in a bag. Determine whether pulling a good flavor first and a bad flavor second are independent events.

Dependent Events

300

P(A) = 0.81 and P(B) = 0.12. A and B are disjoint events. When is P(A or B)?

P(A or B) = 0.93

300

5c1 = 

5

300

Two events, A and B are independent. 

P(A) = 0.3 

P(A and B) = 0.24

What is P(B)? 

0.8

400

At Toledo Early College, 60% of students buy school lunch, 18% of students buy a dessert, and 10% of students buy a lunch and a dessert. 

What is the probability that a student buys dessert given that they buy lunch? 

1/6 = 0.167 = 16.7%

400

Are events A and B independent or dependent? 

P(A) = ½ ; P(B) = ⅓ ; P(A and B) = ⅙  

Independent 

400

P(A) = 0.43 and P(B) = 0.52. A and B are overlapping and independent events. What is P(A or B)? 

P(A or B) = 0.7264

400

6p= 

720

400

The probability of event A is 0.6. The probability of event B is 0.7. A and B are independent events. What is the probability of A and B? 

0.42

500

At Toledo Early College, 60% of students buy school lunch, 18% of students buy a dessert, and 10% of students buy a lunch and a dessert. 

What is the probability that a student buys lunch given that they buy dessert? 

5/9 = 0.556 = 55.6%

500

Are events A and B independent or dependent? 

P(A) = 1/4  ; P(B) = 1/5  ; P(A|B) = 1/5      

Dependent 

500

An archeology lab receives 150 artifacts for processing. Of those, 108 are either made of clay or have coloring. There are 81 artifacts made of clay and 34 artifacts that have coloring. What is the probability that a randomly selected artifact is made of clay AND has coloring. 

P(A and B) = 0.047

500

How many different ways can you arrange 2 of the letters in the word "FLOWER" ?

30

500


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