Language of events and sets

Mathematical Methods · Unit 1 — Surds, algebra, functions and probability · Probability

Learning objectives (3)

LO-1Use everyday occurrences to illustrate set descriptions and representations of events, and set operations, including the use of Venn diagrams.LO-2Use set language and notation for events, including 𝐴 or 𝐴′ for the complement of an event 𝐴, 𝐴 ∩ 𝐵 for the intersection of event 𝐴 and event 𝐵, and 𝐴 ∪ 𝐵 for the union of event 𝐴 and event 𝐵, and recognise mutually exclusive events.LO-3Use the concepts and language of outcomes, sample spaces and events as sets of outcomes.

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