Complementary Events

The complement of rolling a 3 is:

• Rolling an odd number

• Not rolling a 3

• Rolling an even number

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CCSS.HSS.CP.A.1

What is the complement to: rolling an even number

• Not rolling an even number (rolling an odd number)

• rolling a 2,4,6

• Rolling a number less than 4

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CCSS.HSS.CP.A.1

• Not possible

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CCSS.7.SP.C.5

If there is a 70% chance of rain, what is the probability that it will NOT rain?

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CCSS.7.SP.C.5

What is the complement to tossing a coin and it landing on tails?

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CCSS.HSS.CP.A.1

What is the symbol for the complementary event of event A

• A

• 2A

• A'

• A²

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CCSS.HSS.CP.A.1

What do the probabilities of complementary events add up to?

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CCSS.7.SP.C.5

The probability of event A is 0.3. What is the probability of event A'?

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CCSS.7.SP.C.5

Pr⁡(A) + Pr⁡(A′) = 1

• True

• False

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CCSS.7.SP.C.5

Pr(A') = 0.35

What is P(A)?

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CCSS.7.SP.C.5