We previously learnt that two events can have overlapping elements or be mutually exclusive (also known as being disjointed). An example of two events being mutually exclusive is the observation that ...

Venn diagrams can be useful for organising information about frequencies and probabilities, which can then be used to solve conditional probability problems. 90 pupils were asked whether they owned a ...

The probability that a tennis player wins the first set of a match is \(\frac{3}{5}\). If she wins the first set, the probability that she wins the second set is \(\frac{9}{10}\). If she loses the ...

We elaborate on an alternative representation of conditional probability to the usual tree diagram. We term the representation “turtleback diagram” for its resemblance to the pattern on turtle shells.

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