Mutualy Exclusive Events

Objective: to be able to say whether or not two events are mutually exclusive and find missing
probabilities of mutual exclusive events.

Starter questions

In a pack of cards how many: Find the number marked with X: If I have a bag with 8 toffees, 4 white
chocolates and 6 caramels and I pick
1. Cards are there (no 1. X + 4 = 10 one at random, what is the
2. X +2 + 5 =19 probability I will pick:
jokers)
2. Kings? 3. X +12 + 18= 42 1. A toffee
3. 4s? 4. X + 0.3 + 0.6=1 2. A white chocolate
4. Suits? 5. X+ 0.12+0.38+0.25=1 3. A caramel
4. A toffee or a caramel
5. Red cards
5. A white chocolate or a
6. Number cards? caramel.

Main questions

1. Here are the probabilities of some events 3. There are some blue, red, green and purple balls
happening, write down the probabilities of the in a bag, find the probability of a purple ball being
events not happening: pulled out if these are the probabilities of the other
a. P(h)= 0.3 colours:
b. P(h)= 0.4 A)
c. P(h)= 0.52
d. P(h)= 0.21 BLUE RED GREEN PURPLE
0.2 0.4 0.3
e. P(h)= 25%
B)
f. P(h)= 98%
g. P(h)= 55.5% BLUE RED GREEN PURPLE
𝟐
h. P(h)= 𝟓 0.15 0.42 0.23
𝟔 C)
i. P(h)= 𝟏𝟎
𝟏𝟐 BLUE RED GREEN PURPLE
j. P(h)= 𝟏𝟓
0.4 0.35 0.02
2. Which of these pairs of events are mutually
exclusive?
a. Winning a football match and drawing 4. Alan and Alice play a game of noughts and
the same match crosses, from looking at previous games the
b. Wearing one red sock and one blue probability of Alan winning is 0.31, the probability
sock Alice will win is 0.45, what is the probability of a
c. Eating toast for breakfast and Chips for draw?
dinner
d. Being on time and being late for a day
at school
3. Make up and write down two pairs of events,
one mutually exclusive and the other not.
 Star questions

If events are not mutually exclusive both events can happen, to find the probability one
event will happen AND the other event will happen, you need to multiply the two
probabilities together.

There are 2 bags, one ball is picked from each bag:

Bag 1

BLUE PINK ORANGE GREEN

0.2 0.3 0.4 0.1

Bag 2

YELLOW RED PURPLE BROWN

0.6 0.1 0.1 0.2

Find the probability that someone picks:

1. A blue ball and a yellow ball

2. A orange ball and a red ball
3. A pink ball and a purple ball
4. A blue ball and a brown ball
5. A green ball and a yellow ball