PROBABILITY
,SET NOTATION
A set is a collection or group of elements that can include numbers,
letters or other objects
E.g. the set of prime numbers less than
The sample space, denoted by is the set of all possible elements or
objects considered in a particular situation. This is called the univers
set.
A null or empty set is a set with no elements and is symbolised by {
or
,All elements that belong to both A and B make up the intersection:
All elements that belong to either events A or B make up the union:
, SET NOTATION
Two sets A and B are mutually exclusive if they have no elements in
common, meaning
E.g. the set of odd numbers divisible by
For an event A, the complement of is (or ‘not A’)
is the number of elements in set A
,SET NOTATION
A set is a collection or group of elements that can include numbers,
letters or other objects
E.g. the set of prime numbers less than
The sample space, denoted by is the set of all possible elements or
objects considered in a particular situation. This is called the univers
set.
A null or empty set is a set with no elements and is symbolised by {
or
,All elements that belong to both A and B make up the intersection:
All elements that belong to either events A or B make up the union:
, SET NOTATION
Two sets A and B are mutually exclusive if they have no elements in
common, meaning
E.g. the set of odd numbers divisible by
For an event A, the complement of is (or ‘not A’)
is the number of elements in set A
