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4.8 Chapter 4 Formulas

Complement Rules: P(A) + P(AC) = 1 P(A) = 1 – P(AC) P(AC) = 1 – P(A) Mutually Exclusive Events: P(A ∩ B) = 0
Union Rule: P(A U B) = P(A) + P(B) – P(A ∩ B)Independent Events: P(A ∩ B) = P(A) ‧ P(B)
Intersection Rule: P(A ∩ B) = P(A) ‧ P(B|A)Conditional Probability Rule: P(AB)=P(AB)P(B)P(A \mid B)=\frac{P(A \cap B)}{P(B)}
Fundamental Counting Rule: m1·m2···mnFactorial Rule: n! = n·(n – 1)·(n – 2)···3·2·1
Combination Rule: nCr=n!(r!(nr)!){ }_{\mathrm{n}} \mathrm{C}_{\mathrm{r}}=\frac{n !}{(r !(n-r) !)}Permutation Rule: nPr=n!(nr)!{ }_{\mathrm{n}} \mathrm{P}_{\mathrm{r}}=\frac{n !}{(n-r) !}

Adapted from Mostly Harmless Statistics by Rachel Webb (Portland State University, https://mostlyharmlessstat.wixsite.com/webpage), © Rachel Webb, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes were made. License: CC-BY-SA-4.0.

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