Question: The following table extracted from an article, gives a breakdown of 2,143 civil cases that were appealed by either the plaintiff or the defendant. The
- The following table extracted from an article, gives a breakdown of 2,143 civil cases that were appealed by either the plaintiff or the defendant. The outcome of the appeal, as well as the type of trial (judge or jury), was determined for each civil case.Suppose one of the 2,143 cases is selected at random and both the outcome of the appeal and the type of trial are observed.
Jury | Judge | Totals | |
Plaintifftrialwin-reversed | 194 | 71 | 265 |
Plaintifftrialwin-affirmed/dismissed | 429 | 240 | 669 |
Defendanttrialwin-reversed | 111 | 68 | 179 |
Defendanttrialwin-affirmed/dismissed | 731 | 299 | 1,030 |
TOTALS | 1,465 | 678 | 2,143 |
Considerthefollowing events:
A:{Thetrial is ajurytrial}
B:{Theplaintifftrialwinisreversed}
C: {The trial is a judge trial}
- FindtheprobabilityofeventsAandB.Interpretyourresult.
- FindP(AintersectionB)andP(AunionB).Interpretyourresult.
- FindP(AintersectionBc).Interpretyourresult.
- Finally, areAandBmutuallyexclusive?Explainwhy.
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