Lecture Homework Solution

Hey Eslam,

Thank you for reaching out!

Note that the task asks for the probability of drawing a spade on either the first turn or the second turn. This means we need to study the following 2 cases:

Case 1: Drawing a spade on the first turn and not drawing a spade on the second turn.
Case 2: Not drawing a spade on the first turn and drawing a spade on the second turn.

Find the probabilities of both of these cases, sum them up, and you'll find the probability of drawing either on the first, or on the second turn.

Another approach to solve the same problem is to instead consider the following 2 cases:
Case 1: Drawing a spade on both the first and the second turn.
Case 2: Drawing a spade on neither the first, nor the second turn.

Find the probabilities of both of these cases, sum them up, find their complement, and you should obtain the same result as the first approach.

Hope this helps!

Kind regards,
365 Hristina

hI TEAM,

can u please provide the answer for above to help understand the right way?

Thx

Anu 

Hey Anuradha,

Thank you for reaching out!

In the following screenshot, I've outlined the solution to the first approach suggested in the previous answer. You can solve for the second approach in a similar fashion and ensure that the result is the same.

Kind regards,

365 Hristina

Hi there!
Please continue the solution as in the lecture to see the full picture, and why and how we can use the multiplication rule.

Thanks

Hi Eslam, you could have solved the problem on your track.

Just consider that this is not P(AUB) that you are looking for, as you would include the case; "both first draw & second draw are spade).

So what you are looking for is: P(AUB) - P(A∩B)

= P(A) + P(B) - 2 * P(A∩B)  

= P(A) + P(B) - 2 * P(A|B) * P(B) [Multiplication Law]

= 0.25 + 0.25 - 2 * 12/51 * 0.25

= 0.382352941

which equals 13/34 as the instructor answer