Probability

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What is probability?

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Probability is a measure of the likelihood that an event will occur, expressed as a number between 0 and 1.

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What is the probability of flipping a coin twice and getting two heads?

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1/4

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What is the probability of rolling a sum of 6 with two dice?

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5/36

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What is the theoretical probability of rolling a number greater than 3 on a fair number cube?

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1/2

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What is the probability of landing on orange or red if you spin a spinner with 8 equal sections, 3 of which are orange or red?

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3/8

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What is a fair die?

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A fair die is a die that has an equal chance of landing on any of its faces.

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What is the sample space in probability?

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The sample space is the set of all possible outcomes of a probability experiment.

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What is an event in probability?

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An event is a specific outcome or a set of outcomes from a probability experiment.

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How do you calculate the probability of an event?

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Probability of an event = (Number of favorable outcomes) / (Total number of possible outcomes).

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What is the difference between theoretical and experimental probability?

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Theoretical probability is based on the expected outcomes, while experimental probability is based on actual experiments.