Simple Probability and Complement

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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 complement of an event?

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The complement of an event is the set of all outcomes in a sample space that are not included in the event.

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If a bag contains 4 red, 5 blue, 3 yellow, and 3 green markers, what is the total number of markers?

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The total number of markers is 15.

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How do you calculate the probability of an event not occurring?

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The probability of an event not occurring is 1 minus the probability of the event occurring.

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What is the probability of not pulling out a blue marker from a bag with 5 blue markers out of 15 total markers?

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The probability is 2/3.

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If there are 10 marbles in total and 5 are green, what is the probability of picking a green marble?

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The probability is 5/10 or 1/2.

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In a bag of jelly beans with 2 lemons, 4 cherry, 1 lime, and 3 blueberry, how many jelly beans are there in total?

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There are 10 jelly beans in total.

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What is the probability of picking a cherry or blueberry jelly bean from the bag?

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The probability is 7/10.

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If Max can choose 4 types of protein and 3 types of vegetables for his salad, how do you find the total combinations?

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Multiply the number of protein choices by the number of vegetable choices: 4 x 3 = 12 combinations.

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What does it mean to simplify a fraction?

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To simplify a fraction means to reduce it to its lowest terms.