Multiplication Rule

Rarely Tested

Multiplication Rule

For two events:

$$P(A\cap B)=P(A\mid B)P(B)$$

Usage

- Used to calculate the probability that two events occur together.

Question 1

Two balls are selected at random one by one without replacement from a bag containing 4 white and 6 black balls. If the probability that the first selected ball is black, given that the second selected ball is also black, is $$\frac{m}{n}$$, where $$gcd(m,n)=1$$, then $$m+n$$ is equal to :

Question 2

A and B alternately throw a pair of dice. A wins if he throws a sum of 5 before B throws a sum of 8,  and B wins if he throws a sum of 8 before A throws a sum of 5.  The probability that A wins if A makes the first throw, is:

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