Probability

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What is an outcome?

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The result of an experiment.

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What is the probability of not landing on purple in a spinner with 5 equal sections, 2 of which are purple?

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4/5

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What is the probability of choosing a vowel from the letters in the word MATHEMATICS?

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4/11

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What is the probability of choosing a letter other than 'A' from the letters in the word ALGEBRA?

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5/7

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What is the probability of spinning an even number on a spinner with numbers 1 to 6?

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50%.

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Define probability.

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Probability is the measure of the likelihood that an event will occur.

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What is a sample space?

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The set of all possible outcomes of an 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 sample space.

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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 outcomes).

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What is the difference between theoretical and experimental probability?

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