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3.5 Tree and Venn Diagrams

Branching diagrams for multi-stage draws with and without replacement, and overlapping regions that make unions and intersections visible.

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3.5 Exercise 1

There are a total of 11 balls in the urn. Draw two balls, one at a time, with replacement. There are 11(11) = 121 outcomes, the size of the sample space.

a. List the 24 BR outcomes: B1R1, B1R2, B1R3, . . .

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3.5 Exercise 2

There are a total of 11 balls in the urn. Draw two balls, one at a time, with replacement. There are 11(11) = 121 outcomes, the size of the sample space.

b. Calculate P(RR).

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3.5 Exercise 3

There are a total of 11 balls in the urn. Draw two balls, one at a time, with replacement. There are 11(11) = 121 outcomes, the size of the sample space.

c. Calculate P(RB OR BR).

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3.5 Exercise 4

There are a total of 11 balls in the urn. Draw two balls, one at a time, with replacement. There are 11(11) = 121 outcomes, the size of the sample space.

d. Using the tree diagram, calculate P(R on 1st draw AND B on 2nd draw).

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3.5 Exercise 6

There are a total of 11 balls in the urn. Draw two balls, one at a time, with replacement. There are 11(11) = 121 outcomes, the size of the sample space.

f. Using the tree diagram, calculate P(BB).

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3.5 Exercise 7

There are a total of 11 balls in the urn. Draw two balls, one at a time, with replacement. There are 11(11) = 121 outcomes, the size of the sample space.

g. Using the tree diagram, calculate P(B on the 2nd draw GIVEN R on the first draw).

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3.5 Exercise 9


Calculate the following probabilities using the tree diagram:

a. P(RR) = ________

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3.5 Exercise 10


Calculate the following probabilities using the tree diagram:

b. Fill in the blanks.

P(RB OR BR) = ( 3 11 )( 8 10 ) + (________)(________) =  48 110 \left(\frac{3}{11}\right) \left(\frac{8}{10}\right) \textrm{ } + \textrm{ }(________)(________)\textrm{ } = \textrm{ } \frac{48}{110}

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3.5 Exercise 11


Calculate the following probabilities using the tree diagram:

c. Because this is a conditional probability, we restrict the sample space to consider only those outcomes that have a blue marble in the first draw. Look at the second level of the tree to see that P(R on 2nd|B on 1st) = 3 10 \frac{3}{10}

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3.5 Exercise 12


Calculate the following probabilities using the tree diagram:

d. Fill in the blanks.

P(R on 1st AND B on 2nd) = P(RB) = (________)(________) = 24 110 \frac{24}{110}

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3.5 Exercise 13


Calculate the following probabilities using the tree diagram:

e. Find P(BB).

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3.5 Exercise 14


Calculate the following probabilities using the tree diagram:

f. Find P(B on 2nd|R on 1st).

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3.5 Exercise 17

Suppose there are four red balls and three yellow balls in a box. Three balls are drawn from the box without replacement. What is the probability that one ball of each coloring is selected?

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3.5 Exercise 26

Find P(blue bead).

  1. 15 36 \frac{15}{36}
  2. 10 36 \frac{10}{36}
  3. 10 12 \frac{10}{12}
  4. 6 36 \frac{6}{36}
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3.5 Exercise 30

Use the following information to answer the next two exercises. The percent of licensed U.S. drivers (from a recent year) who are female is 48.60. Of the females, 5.03 percent are age 19 and under; 81.36 percent are age 20–64; 13.61 percent are age 65 or over. Of the licensed U.S. male drivers, 5.04 percent are age 19 and under; 81.43 percent are age 20–64; 13.53 percent are age 65 or over.

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3.5 Exercise 32

Use the following information to answer the next two exercises. The percent of licensed U.S. drivers (from a recent year) who are female is 48.60. Of the females, 5.03 percent are age 19 and under; 81.36 percent are age 20–64; 13.61 percent are age 65 or over. Of the licensed U.S. male drivers, 5.04 percent are age 19 and under; 81.43 percent are age 20–64; 13.53 percent are age 65 or over.

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