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About a red and a blue die are thrown. both dice are fair. the events a, b, and c are defined as follows: a: the sum on the two dice is even b: the sum on the two dice is at least 10 c: the red die comes up 5 (a) calculate the probability of each individual event. that is, calculate p(a), p(b), and p(c). (b) what is p(a|c)?

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Answer from: wwall7

$p(A) = \frac{1}{2}$

$p(B) = \frac{1}{6}$

$p(C) = \frac{1}{6}$

$P(A | C)=\frac{1}{2}$

Solution:

The probability of an event is given as:

$\text { probability of an event }=\frac{\text { number of favorable outcomes }}{\text { total number of outcomes }}$

In throwing one die, the total number of outcomes = 6 { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 , 6}

First let us calculate p(A):

The event is defined as: The sum on the two dice is even

Sum on two dice is even if and only if either both dice turn up odd or both even.

The odd outcomes in thowing a single die = 3 {1, 3, 5}

The even outcomes in throwing a single die = 3 {2, 4, 6}

The probability that both turn up odd is:

$\text { probability of both die turing up odd }=\frac{3}{6} \times \frac{3}{6}=\frac{1}{4}$

Similarly, the probability that both turn up even is:

$\text { probability of both die turing up even }=\frac{3}{6} \times \frac{3}{6}=\frac{1}{4}$

probability that the sum on two dice is even = probability that both turn up odd + probability that both turn up even

$\text { probability of sum on two dice is even }=\mathrm{p}(\mathrm{A})=\frac{1}{4}+\frac{1}{4}=\frac{1}{2}$

Thus $p(A) = \frac{1}{2}$

Let us calculate p(B):

The event B is defined as: The sum on the two dice is at least 10

The total possible outcomes of two die is given as:

{(1,1)(1,2)(1,3)(1,4)(1,5)(1,6)

(2,1)(2,2)(2,3)(2,4)(2,5)(2,6)

(3,1)(3,2)(3,3)(3,4)(3,5)(3,6)

(4,1)(4,2)(4,3)(4,4)(4,5)(4,6)

(5,1)(5,2)(5,3)(5,4)(5,5)(5,6)

(6,1)(6,2)(6,3)(6,4)(6,5)(6,6) }

Since each individual die can turn up any of the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 the event "sum of the two dice will be at least 10" is :

atleast 10 means that sum can be 10 or greater than 10

{(4,6), (6,4), (5,5), (5,6), (6,5), (6,6)}

Here favourable outcomes = 6

Total number of outcomes = 36

Hence, the probability that the sum of the two dice will be at least 10 is:

$\text { probability that the sum of the two dice will be at least } 10=\frac{6}{36}=\frac{1}{6}$

Thus $p(B) = \frac{1}{6}$

Let us calculate p(C):

The event C is defined as: The red die comes up 5

Favourable outcomes = {(1,5),(2,5),(3,5),(4,5),(5,5),(6,5)}

$\text { probability of red die comes up } 5 \text { is the event }=\frac{6}{36}=\frac{1}{6}$

Thus $p(C) = \frac{1}{6}$

B) What is p(A l C)

$P(A | C)=\frac{p(A \cap C)}{P(C)}$

$\mathrm{A} \cap \mathrm{C}=\{(1,5),(3,5),(5,5)\}$

$p(A \cap C)=\frac{3}{36}=\frac{1}{12}$

$P(A | C)=\frac{p(A \cap C)}{P(C)}=\frac{\frac{1}{12}}{\frac{1}{6}}=\frac{1}{2}$

Thus $P(A | C)=\frac{1}{2}$

Answer from: Quest

a) $ 9.50

b) 17

c) y-intercept (0, 12). this is the initial amount of money that joe had prior to playing any game.

d) x-intercept ( 24, 0). this is the number of games that joe will play before he depletes the initial amount of money that he had.

e) slope is -0.5. joe's balance will reduce by 0.5 for every game that he plays.

domain; [0,24]

range; [0,12]

g) x + 2y = 24

step-by-step explanation:

if joe plays 5 games, this will imply that x = 5. substitute x = 5 in the equation and solve for y;

y = -.50x + 12

y = -0.50(5) + 12

y = 9.50

if joe leaves the arcade with $3.50, this will mean that y = 3.50. plug in y = 3.50 in the given equation and solve for x;

y = -.50x + 12

3.50 = -0.50x + 12

0.50x = 12 - 3.50

0.5x = 8.5

x = 17

the function given is y = -.50x + 12.

the y-intercept is the point where the graph of this function will intersect the y-axis. at this point, the value of x is usually 0. plug in x = 0 in the given equation and determine y;

y = -0.50(0) + 12

y = 12

the y-intercept is thus (0, 12). this is the initial amount of money that joe had prior to playing any game.

the x-intercept refers to the point where the graph of a function intersects with the x-axis. at this point, the value of y is 0. substitute y = 0 in the given equation and solve for x;

0 = -.50x + 12

0.5x = 12

x = 24

x-intercept ( 24, 0). this is the number of games that joe will play before he depletes the initial amount of money that he had.

the slope of the given equation is -0.5. the equation has been given in slope-intercept form. thus the slope is simply the coefficient of x.

joe's balance will reduce by 0.5 for every game that he plays. this is the interpretation of the slope.

domain is the set of x values for which the function is real and defined. the domain will thus be; [0,24]. this will restrict the balance to only assume positive values.

on the other hand, the range is the set of y values for which a function is real and defined. the range in our case will be [0,12]. joe can have between $0 and $12 balance.

the standard form of the equation of a straight line is;

ax + by = c

where a, b, and c are integers.

our equation is given as;

y = -.50x + 12

re-writing the equation we have;

0.5x + y = 12

divide all through by 0.5;

x + 2y = 24

Answer from: Quest

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