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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.
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These are independent one has no bearing on the other
1/4 + 1/8 + 1/2 = 7/8
26 is 1/8th of the balls.
Therefore the total number of balls is 208.
and 1/8th of the balls is 26, so there are 26 blue balls, 104 are yellow and 52 are green.
Because we are only modeling one event, all six outcomes of the die are equally possible. The probability of rolling a four (or, for that matter, any number) is 1/6, or .166666 repeating. Now, since we are modeling 120 rolls, the theoretical number of outcomes of four (or, again, any number) is 1/6 * 120 = 20 outcomes. The second sentence of the problem is unnecessary.
Sounds like a 100% chance of passing school.
What is the probability of rolling a 2 on the first die or the second die?
10 out of 36 or approx 27.78 % (see below for explanation)
If you roll two dice the probability of rolling two on the first OR the second (but not both) is the probability of rolling a two (at least one time) on two throws minus probability of rolling two on both.
Probability of a two coming up at least once is 11 out of 36 (11/36)
You cannot just add 1/6 + 1/6 = 1/3
If that were true then you could throw it six times and get a probability of [1/6 + 1/6 + 1/6 + 1/6 + 1/6 + 1/6 = 1] meaning it's guaranteed to happen.
So to get the 11/36, you can create a chart:
11 21 31 41 51 61
12 22 32 42 52 62
13 23 33 43 53 63
14 24 34 44 54 64
15 25 35 45 55 65
16 26 36 46 56 66
And see that it happens 11 out of the possible 36 times, or use a formula.
1 - (probability it won't happen on one try)^(number of tries)
probability it won't happen on one try: 1 - 1/6 = 5/6
So (5/6)^2 = 25/36. Then 1 - 25/36 = 11/36.
Now the chance you get a two on both throws is 1/36, so subtract 11/36 - 1/36 = 10/36. (this can be seen on the chart as 10 positions where there are only one occurrence of two)
What are the chances of having a house fire?
The chances of a house fire vary from household to household. It depends on living conditions, environmental conditions, and awareness.
How do you analyze favorable and possible outcomes?
how do we analyze favorable and possible outcomes
How the normal distribution could be transformed to a standard normal distribution?
You may transform a normal distribution curve, with, f(x), distributed normally, with mean mu, and standard deviation s, into a standard normal distribution f(z), with mu=0 and s=1, using this transform: z = (x- mu)/s
What is the 'and' rule in probability?
If the probability of A is p1 and probability of B is p2 where A and B are independent events or outcomes, then the probability of both A and B occurring is p1 x p2. See related link for examples.
It is 0.441
The odds of of an odd number on the first role are 3/6 since the odds are 1,3, and 5 and there are 6 numbers. The odds of an even are the same. Since they are independent we can multiply the two probabilities and the answer is .5x.5=.25 If this is confusing, consider the sample space where I denote O for an odd number and E for an even number. In two rolls you can have: OO, OE,EO, OO So there are 4 possible outcomes. We are interested only in OE which is 1 of the 4 outcomes so the probability of this happening is 1 in 4 or .25.
What is the probability water freezes when the temperature is below 32 degrees?
The answer depends on:
- the temperature scale used. On the Celsius scale, which is used in the developed world, the probability is 0.
- the purity of the water. Dissolved salts lower the freezing point.
- the [atmospheric] pressure. Pressure lowers the freezing point.
What is the difference between an open circle and a close circle on a number line?
an open circle on a number line means the answer is just less than or greater than (< or >), but a closed circle means the answer is less than or equal to, or greater than or equal to (< or > with a line under it)
What is the probability of a coin tossed 3 times landing heads up 3 times?
The is a binomial probability problem, The chance of heads=chance of tails=.5 The general formula for binomial probability is nCrxp^rq^n-r where p is a success and r is a failure. In this case it is 3C3x.5^3 which is 1x.125 so the answer is .125 Another way to think of this problem is the chance of heads is .5 on one toss. If we throw the coin again, the chance of heads is still .5 since this is an independent even and similarly for the third time. So the chance of 3 heads is .5x.5x.5=.125. A more concrete way to see this is List all possible outcomes in the sample space. This time consuming for large n, but for 3 we can do it. HHH, HTH, HHT, THH, HTT, THT, TTH, TTT so there are 8 or 2^3 possible outcomes. Only one of those is 3 heads so 1/8=.125
Fair-headed is when one half of your head is nonsense and the other half is normal.
What year was probability discovered?
Probability is a concept that cannot be "discovered." The concept of probability is ingrained in any complex organism's thought process through evolution and has been ever since complex thought evolved. To survive, animals are constantly taking statistics, weighing odds, figuring out what course of action will lead to survival. For example, an owl might hunt at night and decide to target a certain area of hunting ground, deciding that it is more probable that prey might be found in that area.
However, as a formal category of mathematics, theories regarding probabilities can be developed or "discovered." See the related question below.
What is the probability of getting an even number when throwing a die?
Divide the number of possible even numbers by all the possible numbers. So there are three possible even numbers; 2, 4 & 6. And there are six possible numbers; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, & 6. So the probability of throwing an even number is 3/6 = .5 .
