Basic Theoretical Probability

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What is theoretical probability?

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Theoretical probability is the likelihood of an event occurring 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 tossing a coin four times and getting tails each time?

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1/16

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A bag has 4 green marbles, 3 red, 2 blue, and 1 yellow. What is the theoretical probability of pulling a red marble?

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3/10

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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% (3 even numbers: 2, 4, 6 out of 6 total numbers).

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If an event is absolutely certain, what percent probability will it have?

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100%.

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What is the probability of randomly choosing the letter 'M' from the word MATHEMATICIANS?

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1/7.

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What is the total number of outcomes when rolling a six-sided die?

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6 (the numbers 1 through 6).

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What is the probability of rolling a number greater than 4 on a six-sided die?

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1/3 (only 5 and 6 are greater than 4).

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What is the probability of drawing a heart from a standard deck of cards?

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1/4 (13 hearts out of 52 total cards).

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What does it mean if an event has a probability of 0%?

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It means the event is impossible and will not occur.