AC9M8P02 • Year 8 Maths

Determine all possible combinations for 2 events, using two-way tables (AC9M8P02)

recognise situations, including financial contexts, that use integers; locate and represent integers on a number line and as coordinates on the Cartesian plane

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  • determine all possible combinations for 2 events, using two-way tables, tree diagrams and Venn diagrams, and use these to determine probabilities of specific outcomes in…
  • Example: describing events using language of “at least”, exclusive “or” (A or B but not both), inclusive “or” (A or B or both) and “and”
  • Common trap: using the relation Pr(A\;and\;B)+Pr(A\;and\;not\;B)+Pr(not\;A\;and\;B)+Pr(not\;A\;and\;not\;B)=\;1 to calculate probabilities, including the special case of mutually…