Faculty of Engineering Tanta University
Department of Physics and
Engineering Mathematics
Math 4
Statistics
Summary of Equations 3
Performed by
Chapter 3: Probability Theory
𝒏(𝑨)
Probability of any balanced event “A”: 𝑷 𝑨 =
𝒏(𝑺)
Impossible
Event 𝟎≤𝑷 𝑨 ≤𝟏 Certain
For Example
𝑷 ∅ Event
𝑷 𝟏
Note That:
• 𝒏(𝑨): is the number of elements in “A”
• 𝒏 𝑺 : is the number of elements in sample space
“Fair die”
Probability of unbalanced event “A”: 𝑷 𝑨 = 𝒘 𝑺 = 𝟏, 𝟐, 𝟑, 𝟒, 𝟓, 𝟔
Then σ Probabilities of all events = 𝟏 𝒏 𝑺 =𝟔
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Algebra of events
(Using Venn Diagrams)
1. A or B Occurs 2. A doesn’t occur
𝑷 𝑨∪𝑩 A B A
𝑷 𝑨𝒄
=𝑷 𝑨 +𝑷 𝑩
=𝟏−𝑷 𝑨
−𝑷 𝑨∩𝑩
3. A and B Occurs 3. A occurs and B not
𝑷 𝑨∩𝑩 A B 𝑷 𝑨−𝑩 A B
=𝑷 𝑨 +𝑷 𝑩 = 𝑷 𝑨 ∩ 𝑩𝒄
−𝑷 𝑨∪𝑩 =𝑷 𝑨
−𝑷 𝑨∩𝑩
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Types of Events
1. Mutual exclusive events 3. Conditional events
A B 𝑷 𝑨∩𝑩
𝑷 𝑨∩𝑩 =𝟎 𝑷 𝑨/𝑩 =
𝑷 𝑩
𝑷 𝑨𝒄∩𝑩 𝑷 𝑩−𝑨
𝒄
𝑷 𝑨 /𝑩 = =
2. Independent events 𝑷 𝑩 𝑷 𝑩
𝑷 𝑩 −𝑷 𝑨∩𝑩
𝑷 𝑨 ∩ 𝑩 = 𝑷 𝑨 ∗ 𝑷(𝑩) = = 𝟏 − 𝑷 𝑨/𝑩
𝑷 𝑩
De Morgan’s Law: 𝑷 𝑨𝒄 ∩ 𝑩𝒄 = 𝑷 𝑨 ∪ 𝑩 𝒄 𝑷 𝑨𝒄 ∪ 𝑩𝒄 = 𝑷 𝑨 ∩ 𝑩 𝒄
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Total Probability S
B A2
𝒏
𝑷 𝑩 = 𝑷 𝑩/𝑨𝒊 ∗ 𝑷 𝑨𝒊
𝒊=𝟏 A1
An … A3
Where the A events are mutually exclusive
Bay’s Theorem
𝑷 𝑩/𝑨𝒊 ∗ 𝑷 𝑨𝒊
𝑷 𝑨𝒊 /𝑩 = 𝒏
σ𝒊=𝟏 𝑷 𝑩/𝑨𝒊 ∗ 𝑷 𝑨𝒊
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