Example 2 A fair die is tossed twice and the values are observed in order. Let
A={(a,b)|a>=b},B={(a,b)|a=6}
and
C={(a,b)||a-b|=2}
(1) Find the probability of each outcome event assuming that all faces values are equally likely. Decide if
AsubB
or
BsubA
? (- Find a descriptive definition of
A\cup B,A\cap B^(c)
and
A^(c)
. Find a descriptive definition of
A\cap C
. Solution 2 (1)
S={(a,b)|1<=a,b<=6}
. Think of
S
as a
6\times 6
matrix, so
A
is all terms on or below the diagonal, 21, so
P[A]=23.B
is the last row, so
P[B]=(6)/(3)
, and
C={(3,1),(1,3),cdots,(4,6),(6,4)},8
terms, so
P[C]=(8)/(36)
. Parts (2), (3), and (4) are Homework 1.