Key Concepts
- Tree diagrams are helpful for calculating probabilities involving independent events or conditional probabilities.
- Venn diagrams are helpful for calculating probabilities involving mutually exclusive events.
Glossary
tree diagram: the useful visual representation of a sample space and events in the form of a “tree” with branches marked by possible outcomes together with associated probabilities (frequencies, relative frequencies)
Venn diagram: the visual representation of a sample space and events in the form of circles or ovals showing their intersections
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