Answer:
(a)P(A)=1/2, P(B)=5/18
(b)P(A and B)=1/6
P(A or B)=11/18
(c)A and B are not independent events.
Step-by-step explanation:
The sample space of rolling two dice is given as:
(1,1),(1,2),(1,3),(1,4),(1,5),(1,6).
(2,1),(2,2),(2,3),(2,4),(2,5),(2,6).
(3,1),(3,2),(3,3),(3,4),(3,5),(3,6).
(4,1),(4,2),(4,3),(4,4),(4,5),(4,6).
(5,1),(5,2),(5,3),(5,4),(5,5),(5,6).
(6,1),(6,2),(6,3),(6,4),(6,5),(6,6).
n(S)=36
Event A=The sum of the numbers rolled is odd
Sample Space of Event A
={(1,2),(1,4),(1,6),(2,1),(2,3),(2,5),
(3,2),(3,4),(3,6),(4,1),(4,3),(4,5),
(5,2),(5,4),(5,6),(6,1),(6,3),(6,5)}
n(A)=18
Event B= {Sum of the numbers rolled is greater than 8}
Sample Space of B={
{(3,6).
(4,5),(4,6).
(5,4),(5,5),(5,6).
(6,3),(6,4),(6,5),(6,6).}
n(B)=10
(a)P(A)=n(A)/n(S)=18/36=1/2
P(B)=n(B)/n(S)=10/36=5/18
(b)
A and B ={(3,6),(4,5),(5,4)(5,6),(6,3),(6,5)}
n(A and B)=6
A or B= {{(1,2),(1,4),(1,6),(2,1),(2,3),(2,5),
(3,2),(3,4),(3,6),(4,1),(4,3),(4,5),
(5,2),(5,4),(5,6),(6,1),(6,3),(6,5),
(4,6)(5,5),(6,4),(6,6)}
n(A or B) =22
P(A and B)=n(A and B)/n(S)=6/36=1/6
P(A or B)=n(A or B)/n(S)=22/36=11/18
(c)Two events are INDEPENDENT if:
P(A AND B)=P(A)P(B)
P(A)=n(A)/n(S)=18/36=1/2
P(B)=n(B)/n(S)=10/36=5/18
P(A)P(B)=5/36
Since
P(A AND B)=1/6≠5/6=P(A)P(B)
The events A and B are not independent.