Worked solution
Recover the marginal before testing independence
, and .
(i) Determine, with a reason, whether A and B are independent. marks
(ii) Find . marks
[2014/YJC/II/10(a)]
CJC · Review problems · Question 2
Answer
(i) Independent; (ii) (3 s.f.).
(i) Find B outside A and then all of B
. Hence .
How did this part go?
(i) Use the source’s conditional independence criterion
with , so B is independent of A′ and therefore of A. This establishes that A and B are independent.
How did this part go?
(ii) The intersection is already inside the union
. The union is the disjoint combination of A and B outside A: . Thus (3 s.f.).
How did this part go?
Common mistakes
The given conditional 0.4 is not automatically the marginal P(B); establish their equality first.
Solution notes
Every source equation, the complement-independence criterion, conditional numerator simplification, exact fraction, rounding and printed marks retained.