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We can now see that the situation <strong>in</strong> which there is at least one contam<strong>in</strong>ated bushel will occur<br />

of the time. This is much higher than when we concerned ourselves with<br />

both go<strong>in</strong>g out! This is quite a frighten<strong>in</strong>g situation!<br />

Needless to say, this was a lot of work; however, we can use the axioms to simplify the amount<br />

of work we commit to ourselves.<br />

Accord<strong>in</strong>g to axiom 2:<br />

( ) ( ) ( )<br />

Our earlier statement <strong>in</strong>volved want<strong>in</strong>g to know the likelihood that at least one contam<strong>in</strong>ated<br />

bushel went out. That only <strong>in</strong>volves and ! Solv<strong>in</strong>g <strong>for</strong> the sum of these two probabilities:<br />

That is,<br />

( ) ( ) ( )<br />

( ) ( )<br />

( )<br />

This is the same number we achieved tak<strong>in</strong>g the long route! We only had to f<strong>in</strong>d the probability<br />

of shipp<strong>in</strong>g 0 bushels, which is a little bit of work as compared to a lot of work!<br />

Probability of At Least One…<br />

Given any number of events <strong>in</strong>volv<strong>in</strong>g quantities, the probability of at least one <strong>in</strong> quantity is 1<br />

m<strong>in</strong>us the probability of 0 <strong>in</strong> quantity. That is:<br />

( ) ( )<br />

Mathematically, let subscripts<br />

denoted<br />

. Then,<br />

represent quantity, where correspond<strong>in</strong>g events are<br />

( ) ( ) ( ) ( )<br />

Homework Problems - 3.2<br />

1. In 2009 the H1N1 virus, commonly referred to as the “Sw<strong>in</strong>e Flu,” reportedly <strong>in</strong>fected an<br />

estimated 10% of New Yorkers (SOURCE:<br />

http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/08/30/us-flu-newyork-idUSTRE57T26Y20090830).<br />

<strong>Statistics</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Decision</strong>-<strong>Mak<strong>in</strong>g</strong> <strong>in</strong> Bus<strong>in</strong>ess © Milos Podmanik Page 95

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