February 20, 2019

Chips In A Bag

Imagine you have a bag containing 5 red , 3 blue, 2 orange chips.

a. Suppose you draw a chip and it is blue. If drawing without replacement, what is the probability the next is also blue?

2 / 9
## [1] 0.2222222

b. Suppose you draw a chip and it is orange, and then you draw a second chip without replacement. What is the probability this second chip is blue?

3 / 9
## [1] 0.3333333

c. If drawing without replacement, what is the probability of drawing two blue chips in a row?

(3 / 10) * (2 / 9)
## [1] 0.06666667

d. When drawing without replacement, are the draws independent? Explain.

NO

  • Each observation only has one chance of being selected.
  • The sample space changes every time a chip is drawn.
  • The outcome of a draw depends on the one before it.