Wednesday, March 5, 2014

9.7 Probability

In general:
Probability of an event happening P(E) = Number of ways it can happen n(E)
Total number of outcomes n(S)

Example: The probability of rolling a " 6 "with a die.
               Number of ways it can happen: 1 (since there has only 1 face with a "6" on a die)
               Total number of outcomes: 6 ( because there has total 6 faces on a die)
               so we write probability =1/6




Also, we can know the probability from the probability line, and it is always between 0 and 1. When the probability is zero then it's consider an impossible event; for the probability of 1 we called certain event.


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