Probability

2011-02-03 11:51 pm
Two fair dice are tossed. Which of the following events is more likely to occur. Find the probability of the following events and explain your answer.

Event A: The two numbers are consecutive numbers.
Event B: The two numbers are the same.

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2011-02-04 12:07 am
✔ 最佳答案
The sample space is {(1,1),(1,2).....(6,6)}

The points in A are {(1,2),(2,3),(3,4),(4,5),(5,6),(2,1),(3,2),(4,3),(5,4),(6,5)}

The points in B are {(1,1),(2,2),(3,3),(4,4),(5,5),(6,6)}

P(A) = 10/36 = 5/18

P(B) = 6/36 = 1/6 < 5/18 = P(A)

So, event A is more likely to occur.


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