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Math I-B MW Help

 
 
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Re: Math I-B MW Help
by David Reynoso - Tuesday, 5 February 2019, 11:36 AM
 

For both 8.20 and 8.28 you'll need a Venn diagram. A Venn diagram diagram with two sets splits in four mutually exclusive regions, as shown below


You can then write the probability of a set as a sum of the probabilities of these four regions. For example, $P(B) = P(A^C\cap B) + P(A\cap B)$, or $P(A^C) = P(A^C\cap B) + P(A^C \cap B^C)$.