When We Are Trying to Find the Probability of the Disjunction

question 28

Multiple Choice

When we are trying to find the probability of the disjunction of three or more events, sometimes it is easier to determine using negation.How?

• A)Find the probability that each event will not occur and then multiply those probabilities by each other.
• B)Find the probability that each event will not occur, multiply those probabilities by each other, and subtract the result from 1.
• C)Find the probability that each event will not occur and then add those probabilities together.
• D)Find the probability that each event will not occur, add those probabilities together, and subtract the result from 1.
• E)Find the probability that each event will occur, multiply them by each other, and then subtract the result from 1.

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Definitions:

Conditional Distribution

the probability distribution of a subset of variables given the values of other variables.

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Conditional Distribution

The distribution of a subset of data, given the occurrence of a certain condition, revealing patterns contingent on specified criteria.