Probability

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What is Probability?

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Probability is a measure of how likely an event is to occur, expressed as a number between 0 and 1.

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What is a Sample Space?

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The sample space is the set of all possible outcomes of a probability experiment.

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What is an Independent Event?

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Two events are independent if the occurrence of one does not affect the occurrence of the other.

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What is a Dependent Event?

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Two events are dependent if the occurrence of one event affects the occurrence of the other.

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How do you calculate the probability of a single event?

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

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What is the probability of flipping a fair coin and getting heads?

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1/2.

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What is the probability of rolling a die and getting a number greater than 4?

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1/3 (since the favorable outcomes are 5 and 6).

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What is the probability of getting all heads when flipping three coins?

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1/8.

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What does it mean for events to be mutually exclusive?

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Mutually exclusive events cannot occur at the same time.

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What is the 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).