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Probability

The probability of a certain event is a number expressing the likelihood that a specific event will occur, expressed as the ratio of the number of actual occurrences to the number of possible occurrences. In mathematics, it is a measure of how often an event will happen and is the basis of statistics.

14,643 Questions

What is the probability in math?

the chance that something will happen

ex. Mary has a bag of 15 marbles; 7 red, 3 green, 4 blue, and 1 yellow.

What is the chance or the probabilty that she will pull out a red marble with out looking

A:7 out of 15 or 7/15

How would you use probability?

To help you find out the odds of an answer.

From a standard 52 card deck what is the probability of drawing a six?

There are four 6's in a 52 deck of cards; so probability of drawing a 6 is 4/52 or 1/13 or 0.077

How many kings are in a full deck of cards?

There are 4 of each card in every suit and usually 2 jokers.

If you were to flip a coin 4 times what is the probability of you getting at least two heads?

9/16

Answer:

There are 16 possible outcomes. The criteria (at least two heads) are met if the coins come up in any one of 11 different ways:

  • One way with four heads: HHHH
  • Four ways with three heads: HHHT, HHTH, HTHH, THHH
  • Six ways with two heads: HHTT, HTHT, THHT, THTH, TTHH, HTTH

This would make the probability 11/16

Why the value of a roll of two dice is normally distributed?

It is not! It is very approximately so and the key word there is approximately.

How does the science of probability affect decisions?

Probability is a subset of number theory. A huge branch of mathematics. It is not possible here to explain the ramifications of probability. Many of which are contrary to what appears to be common sense.

Probability is used by insurance companies for instance.

What is the shape of this sampling distribution?

No, your telepathic powers are not sending me the correct image to be able to answer the question!

What is the probability of the dealer busting in Blackjack?

Unfortunately, this all depends on what the deck is like (which cards have passed already), and what the up card is. There is no single answer which will work for an answer. However the greatest chance for the dealer to bust is when the dealer is showing a 4-5-6. The least chance is when they are showing a 9-10-A.

How can you get a guy to notice you when he doesn't even know you exist?

just be friendly, smile and say hello as you walk past them, nothing more, it will get their attention and if you do this often enough they will most likely strike up a conversation with you.

Drop em' and go about your business, and if you really want him to notice you do something to catch his attention. (And I don't mean to bend over in front of him wearing a mini skirt trying to pick up a pencil.) Just try to carry on a conversation or something like start it off as a compliment and there you are.

What is the probability of rolling an even number on a standard 6 sided die?

A standard six-sided die has 3 even numbers and 3 odd ones, so the probability of rolling either an odd or even number would be 50-50.

What is the probability of rolling a number other than 3?

There are 6 sides of a die, and rolling a 3 is one of the 6 sides.

Therefore, there are 5 sides on the die which is not a 3.

So, (outcomes wanted)/(total outcomes) = 5/6

A single letter is chosen at random from the word STUDENT Describe an example of mutually exclusive events?

Event A: It is made up of only straight lines (T, E, N).

Event B: It is made up of only curved lines (S).

What is the probability of drawing a 3 out of a deck of cards?


There are four 3 cards in the deck of 52 cards. So the probability of drawing a 3

from the deck of cards is; P(3) =

4/52 =0.076923076... ~ 0.0769 ~ 7.69%.