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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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 number greater than 1 on a single die?

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5/6

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If a bag contains 4 green marbles, 3 red marbles, 2 blue marbles, and 1 yellow marble, what is the probability of pulling a red marble?

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3/10

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What is the theoretical probability of rolling a 1 or a 5 on a single die?

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1/3

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What is the probability of flipping a coin and getting tails?

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1/2

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What is the probability of spinning green on a spinner divided into 4 equal sections?

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1/4

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What is the total number of outcomes when rolling a single die?

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6 (the numbers 1 through 6).

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If you have a bag with 10 marbles (3 red, 4 blue, 3 green), what is the probability of pulling a blue marble?

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4/10 or 2/5.

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

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1/4 (there are 13 hearts in a deck of 52 cards).