Multiplication Rule

Independent Events


Example: Rolling a 6-sided dice and getting a 6 and then flipping a coin and getting a head are two independent events.

When two events are independent we can calculate the probability of the event \(A\) and \(B\) is calculated by the formula:

\[P(A\text{ and } B)=P(A)\cdot P(B)\]

I usually call this "and then" probability