options: Understand that two events A and B are independent if the probability of A and B occurring together is the product of their probabilities, and use this characterization to determine if they are independent.

Understand the conditional probability of A given B as P(A and B)/P(B), and interpret independence of A and B as saying that the conditional probability of A given B is the same as the probability of A, and the conditional probability of B given A is the same as the probability of B.

Recognize and explain the concepts of conditional probability and independence in everyday language and everyday situations. For example, compare the chance of having lung cancer if you are a smoker with the chance of being a smoker if you have lung cancer.

Describe events as subsets of a sample space (the set of outcomes) using characteristics (or categories) of the outcomes, or as unions, intersections, or complements of other events (“or,” “and,” “not”).

Construct and interpret two-way frequency tables of data when two categories are associated with each object being classified. Use the two-way table as a sample space to decide if events are independent and to approximate conditional probabilities. For example, collect data from a random sample of students in your school on their favorite subject among math, science, and English. Estimate the probability that a randomly selected student from your school will favor science given that the student is in tenth grade. Do the same for other subjects and compare the results.
problem_activity: Problem 1
You are in a diner and want to know if choosing cream or sugar are independent events, that is, if one depends on the other. Below is a Venn diagram that represents the number of people in the diner one morning. A random person is chosen.
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Is this random person more likely to have cream in his coffee if he has sugar? Calculate the probability.
Is this random person more likely to have sugar in his coffee if he has cream? Calculate the probability
Problem 2
A coin is tossed and a single six-sided die is rolled. If landing on heads is represented by
$$H$$
and rolling a
$$3$$
is represented by
$$R$$
, determine if the following is true:
$$P(H \space and \space 3)=P(H)\cdot P(3)$$


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