The multiplicative rule states that when two outcomes are independent, the probability that these outcomes occur together is the product of their probabilities.
<h3>What is the multiplicative rule?</h3>
The multiplication rule is a method for calculating the likelihood of two events occurring at the same time (this is also one of the AP Statistics formulas).
There are two rules for multiplication.
P(A B) = P(A) P(B|A) is the general multiplication rule formula, while P(A B) is the specific multiplication rule (A and B).
The multiplication rule is the multiplication of one event's probability by the likelihood of another occurrence.
The law of independent assortment, Mendel's second law, stipulates that alleles of one gene segregate into gametes independently of alleles of another gene.
Therefore, the multiplicative rule states that when two outcomes are independent, the probability that these outcomes occur together is the product of their probabilities.
