StatisticsYears 10–11

Conditional probability

Calculate conditional probabilities using tree diagrams and two-way tables

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Imagine you have a bag of 10 sweets: 6 red and 4 blue. If you pick one, the chance of red is 6 out of 10. But what if you already ate one red one? 🍬

  2. 2

    You have 6 red and 4 blue sweets. You eat one red one. How many red sweets are left? 🍬

  3. 3

    Drag the sweets to show what's left after you take one red one out. 🎯

  4. 4

    Let's find the probability of picking a blue sweet AFTER you've eaten one red one. 📝

  5. 5

    You have 5 red and 4 blue sweets left. What's the probability of picking a blue sweet? 🌟

  6. 6

    Now try this: start with 8 red and 2 blue sweets. Eat one blue one. Drag to show the new mix, then tap the correct probability. 🎲

  7. 7

    After eating one blue from 8 red + 2 blue, what's the probability of picking a red? 🎯

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