Probability Basics

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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 formula for calculating probability?

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

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If a bag contains 3 apples and 8 oranges, what is the probability of drawing an orange?

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8/11

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What is the probability of rolling an odd number on a standard die?

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1/2

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What is the probability of rolling a 5 on a standard die?

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1/6

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If there are 5 names in a hat, what is the probability of drawing Kenzi's name?

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1/5

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What does the shaded portion of a Venn diagram represent?

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The shaded portion represents the intersection of sets, denoted as p and q.

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What is a sample space in probability?

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A sample space is the set of all possible outcomes of a probability 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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What is the difference between independent and dependent events?

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Independent events do not affect each other's outcomes, while dependent events do.