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How to Use a Venn Diagram to Solve Probability Problems

Nov 10, 2015 02:50 AM

Diagram illustrating a Venn diagram with labeled circles and handwritten notes on a piece of paper.

Video covering how to set up a Venn diagram. The video covers how to draw the diagram and then look at a set of data and place the data in the correct part of the Venn diagram. The sample problem is as follows.

Hector has entered the following names in his contact list of his cell phone. Alicia,Lisa,Steve,Don, and Ellis. Draw a Venn Diagram to represent his contact list.

The video reviews the concept of union, which is all groups, intersection which is what they have in common, and "not" which is represented with a prime which means it is not in the group.

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