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

  1. 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}

  1. FindtheprobabilityofeventsAandB.Interpretyourresult.
  2. FindP(AintersectionB)andP(AunionB).Interpretyourresult.
  3. FindP(AintersectionBc).Interpretyourresult.
  4. Finally, areAandBmutuallyexclusive?Explainwhy.

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