Theoretical Probability

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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 as the number of favorable outcomes divided by the total number of possible outcomes.

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What is the probability of rolling a number greater than 2 on a regular number cube?

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4/6 or 2/3, since the favorable outcomes are 3, 4, 5, and 6.

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If a spinner has 2 red sections out of 4 total sections, what is the theoretical probability of landing on red?

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1/2, because there are 2 favorable outcomes (red) out of 4 possible outcomes.

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What is the probability of getting tails when flipping a fair coin?

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1/2, since there are two possible outcomes: heads or tails.

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If you flip a fair coin 40 times, how many times can you expect to get tails?

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20 times, because the expected number of tails is calculated as (1/2) * 40.

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What is the expected number of times to pick a blue marble if the probability of picking a blue marble is 1/3 and you pick 24 times?

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8 times, because (1/3) * 24 = 8.

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How do you calculate the probability of an event?

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

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What is the probability of rolling a 1 on a regular number cube?

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1/6, since there is one favorable outcome (rolling a 1) out of 6 possible outcomes.

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If a spinner has 3 sections that are blue and 1 section that is yellow, what is the probability of landing on blue?

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3/4, because there are 3 favorable outcomes (blue) out of 4 possible outcomes.

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What is the theoretical probability of drawing a red card from a standard deck of cards?

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1/2, since there are 26 red cards out of 52 total cards.