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Name: Probability Topics: Two Basic Rules of Probability
ID: m16847
Language: English (en)
Summary: This module introduces the multiplication and addition rules used when calculating probabilities.
Subject: Mathematics and Statistics
Keywords: addition, elementary, multiplication, probability, rule, statistics
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 3.0
Authors: Susan Dean (susanldean45@gmail.com), Barbara Illowsky, Ph.D. (illowskybarbara@deanza.edu)
Copyright Holders: Maxfield Foundation (cnx@cnx.org)
Maintainers: Susan Dean (susanldean45@gmail.com), Barbara Illowsky, Ph.D. (illowskybarbara@deanza.edu), Connexions (cnx@cnx.org)
Latest version: 1.11 (history)
First publication date: May 27, 2008 2:35 pm -0500
Last revision to module: Jun 4, 2012 9:54 pm -0500

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Version History

Version: 1.11 Jun 4, 2012 9:54 pm -0500 by Susan Dean
Changes: 
Probability Topics: Two Basic Rules of Probability: Corrected answer to P(B and N).
Version: 1.10 Jun 4, 2012 9:18 pm -0500 by Susan Dean
Changes: 
Probability Topics: Two Basic Rules of Probability: Minor edit.
Version: 1.9 Mar 14, 2012 10:11 am -0500 by Susan Dean
Changes: 
Module: Probability Topics: Two Basic Rules of Probability: Updated language about selecting at random.
Version: 1.8 Aug 12, 2011 10:06 am -0500 by Susan Dean
Changes: 
Probability Topics: Two Basic Rules of Probability: Updated glossary item "Mutually Exclusive."
Version: 1.7 Feb 19, 2009 5:09 pm -0600 by Susan Dean
Changes: 
 Probability Topics: Two Basic Rules of Probability: Updated glossary item "Independent Events."
Version: 1.6 Jan 14, 2009 6:40 pm -0600 by Susan Dean
Changes: 
Probability Topics: Two Basic Rules of Probability: Example 1: Added the sentence to the last bulleted item, "Note that the probability that he does not choose to go anywhere on vacation must be 0.05."
Version: 1.5 Oct 27, 2008 7:49 pm -0500 by James Cooper
Changes: 
roles updated
Version: 1.4 Jul 31, 2008 10:00 am -0500 by Connexions
Changes: 
removed draft note
Version: 1.3 Jul 7, 2008 1:19 pm -0500 by Connexions
Changes: 
post review updates
Version: 1.2 Jun 27, 2008 10:47 am -0500 by Connexions
Changes: 
Roles changed
Version: 1.1 Jun 23, 2008 2:15 am -0500 by Jonathan Emmons
Changes: 
Initial publication

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