VC2M8P01
recognise that complementary events have a combined probability of one; use this relationship to calculate probabilities in applied contexts
Elaborations
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understanding that knowing the probability of an event allows the probability of its complement to be found, including for those events that are not equally likely, such as getting a specific novelty toy in a supermarket promotion
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using the relationship that for a single event A, Pr(A) + Pr(not A) = 1; for example, if the probability that it rains on a particular day is 80%, the probability that it does not rain on that day is 20%, or the probability of not getting a 6 on a single roll of a fair dice is 1-16=56
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using the sum of probabilities to solve problems, such as the probability of starting a game by throwing a 5 or 6 on a dice is 13 and probability of not throwing a 5 or 6 is 23
VC2M8P01 | Mathematics | Mathematics Version 2.0 | Level 8 | Probability
