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Concept

Compound Event

A compound event is an event that is a combination of two or more events. Below is an example.

A randomly chosen number is first event odd and not prime second event .

Compound events can be illustrated using a Venn diagram.

In the diagram below, the shaded region illustrates the event that a randomly chosen number is odd and not prime.

In the diagram below, the shaded region illustrates the event that a basketball player scored $2 -$ point field goals and $1 -$ point free throws but did not score any $3 -$ point field goals during a game.

The probability of compound events can be found using the Addition Rule of Probability.

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