Combined Events

Combined Events

9.1

Combined Events

	Definition

	Combination of two or more events is an outcome.

	Examples

	The posible outcomes for two pupils playing "Rock-Paper-Scissors" are {Scissors, Rock}, {Scissors, Paper}, {Scissors, Scissors}, {Rock, Scissors}, { Rock, Paper}, {Rock, Rock}, {Paper, Scissors}, {Paper, Rock}, {Paper, Paper}.

In general,

\(n(S) = n(A) \times n(B)\)

\(n(S)\) is all the possible numbers of outcomes \(n(A)\) and \(n(B)\) represent the number of outcomes of event \(A\) and event \(B\).