Chapter 2

Probability

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Section 2.1
Sample Space

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Definition 2.1

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Figure 2.1 Tree diagram for
Example 2.2

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Figure 2.2 Tree Diagram for
Example 2.3

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Section 2.2
Events

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Definition 2.2

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Definition 2.3

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Definition 2.4

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Definition 2.5

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Definition 2.6

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Figure 2.3 Events represented by
various regions

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Figure 2.4 Events of the sample
space S

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Figure 2.5 Venn diagram for
Exercises 2.19 and 2.20

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Section 2.3
Counting Sample
Points

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Rule 2.1

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Figure 2.6 Tree diagram for
Example 2.14

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Rule 2.2

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Definition 2.7

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Definition 2.8

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Theorem 2.1

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Theorem 2.2

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Theorem 2.3

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Theorem 2.4

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Theorem 2.5

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Theorem 2.6

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Section 2.4
Probability of an
Event

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Definition 2.9

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Rule 2.3

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Section 2.5
Additive Rules

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Theorem 2.7

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Figure 2.7 Additive rule of
probability

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Corollary 2.1

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Corollary 2.2

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Corollary 2.3

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Theorem 2.8

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Theorem 2.9

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Section 2.6
Conditional
Probability,
Independence,
and the Product
Rule

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Definition 2.10

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Table 2.1 Categorization of the
Adults in a Small Town

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Definition 2.11

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Theorem 2.10

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Figure 2.8 Tree diagram for
Example 2.37

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Theorem 2.11

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Figure 2.9 An electrical system for
Example 2.39

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Theorem 2.12

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Definition 2.12

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Figure 2.10 Diagram for Exercise
2.92

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Figure 2.11 Diagram for Exercise
2.93

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Section 2.7
Bayes’ Rule

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Figure 2.12 Venn diagram for the
events A, E and E ´

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Figure 2.13 Tree diagram for the data on
page 63, using additional information on
page 72

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Theorem 2.13

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Figure 2.14 Partitioning the
sample space S

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Figure 2.15 Tree diagram for
Example 2.41

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Theorem 2.14

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Section 2.8
Potential
Misconceptions and
Hazards;
Relationship to
Material in Other
Chapters

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