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:

Toluene

A colorless, water-insoluble liquid hydrocarbon with a sweet smell, used as an industrial solvent and in the production of benzene.

Stereogenic Center

An atom in a molecule, often carbon, that is connected to four different groups, giving rise to stereoisomers due to the spatial arrangement of these groups.

Stereoisomer

Molecules that have the same molecular formula and sequence of bonded atoms but differ in the three-dimensional orientations of their atoms in space.