Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Probability Continued (Jan. 19, 2011)

Organizing Outcomes
First way: chart or table


Independent Events- the outcome of one event that has no effect on the outcome of another event.

Sample Space- all possible outcomes of an experiment.


Question from class:

a)

b) How many outcomes are there? Answer: 12

Second way to organize outcomes:

Tree Diagram- a diagram used to organize outcomes. It contains a branch for each possible outcome of an event.

eg.)





Website: http://www.ixl.com/math/practice/grade-7-probability-of-opposite-mutually-exclusive-and-overlapping-events


Video:

10 comments:

samantha873 said...

Good job Joshua! I think you did a very good job finding pictures that went along with your explanation! You included a link and a video that helped a lot!

Mary816 said...

Good Job! i like how you added everything you needed in your blog. One thing that you could do better is to explain what "T" and "H" stand for , i know it stand for tails and head, but other people might not know, good job.

hendrix817 said...

Good Job Joshua!I like how you put a video and the charts that we did to day. Putting the the definitions of the important words really made the word easier to understand .

Kimg817 said...

Well done Joshua! I really like your video...and the picture...and even the explanation..Keep up the good work

Ian814 said...

Nice job Joshua, I like how you put an image of a chart to explain this better also I liked how you made your own problems. Great job

Aicelle817 said...

Good job Joshua ! i liked how you explained everything, include pictures, a link and a video. Keep up the good work !

Anonymous said...

Nice job!I like how you explain the meaning of independent and sample space. I really like that you put pictures and video to explain probability. Good job.

Jackie8-16 said...

Good Job joshua i liked how you did everything in your scribe post! Your video has a good example of probability. I liked you pictures are really clear and easy to understand. I felt like you were explaining exactly everything in this post keep up the good work :D

CarloS8-16 said...

Good Job! I like how you made a chart and told us whats the meaning of Independents event and sample space. Your link and your video helps me alot. I think you did a really good job on your scribe post. GOOD WORK!

Carlor 8-14 said...

Well done Joshua! I really appreciate this post because it helped me a lot. You included everything especially your video it' s really a good example of probability and your pictures really represents your explanation. Nice job Keep up the good work!