Suppose 50 percent of the customers at Pizza Palooza order a square pizza, 70 percent order a soft drink, and 35 percent order both a square pizza and a soft drink. Required:
Is ordering a soft drink independent of ordering a square pizza? Explain

Ordering a soft drink is independent of ordering a square pizza.

Step-by-step explanation:

20% more customers order a soft drink than pizza, therefore they cannot be intertwined.

Given: P(A)=0.5 & P(B)=.7

P(A∩B) =  P(A) × P(B)

=  0.5 × .7

=  0.35

P(A∪B) =  P(A) + P(B) - P(A∩B)

=  0.5 + .7 - 0.35

=  0.85

P(AΔB) =  P(A) + P(B) - 2P(A∩B)

=  0.5 + .7 - 2×0.35

=  0.5

P(A') =  1 - P(A)

=  1 - 0.5

=  0.5

P(B') =  1 - P(B)

=  1 - .7

=  0.3

P((A∪B)') =  1 - P(A∪B)

=  1 - 0.85

=  0.15

1. 3.4/4

2. 0.8/7

3. 0.5 x 3

4. 0.9 x 6

5. 10.8

6. 2.35

7. 0.567

8. 9.35

9. 0.02

10. 0.06

11. 0.16

12. 0.42

13. 0.63

14. 5.6

15. 8.1

16. 9.9

17. 0.28

18. 0.48

19. 0.27

20. 0.49

21. 0.45

22. 0.72

23. 0.9

24. 0.88

25. 0.75

26. 0.16

27. 0.328

28. 0.495

29. 0.72

30. 1.068