Probability

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What is Probability?

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Probability is a measure of how likely an event is to occur, expressed as a number between 0 (impossible) and 1 (certain).

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What is Theoretical Probability?

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Theoretical Probability is the likelihood of an event happening based on all possible outcomes, calculated using the formula: P(Event) = Number of favorable outcomes / Total number of outcomes.

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What is Experimental Probability?

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Experimental Probability is the likelihood of an event based on actual experiments or trials, calculated using the formula: P(Event) = Number of times the event occurs / Total number of trials.

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What does 'Equally Likely' mean in probability?

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'Equally Likely' means that all outcomes of an event have the same chance of occurring.

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What is the probability of rolling a 1 on a standard six-sided die?

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What is the probability of tossing a head on a fair coin?

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What is the difference between Theoretical and Experimental Probability?

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Theoretical Probability is what SHOULD happen, while Experimental Probability is what ACTUALLY happened.

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What is the probability of drawing a blue marble from a bag containing 2 blue and 9 red marbles?

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What is the probability of drawing a red marble from a bag containing 5 red and 6 blue marbles?

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What does 'Certain' mean in probability?

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'Certain' means that an event is guaranteed to happen, with a probability of 1.