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    Probability is a measure of how likely an event is to occur, ranging from 0 to 1, with 0 being impossible and 1 being certain. An experiment is any process that can be repeated with a set of possible outcomes, and a trial is a single event within an experiment. Experimental probability is calculated by taking the number of favorable outcomes and dividing by the total number of possible outcomes. For example, in a coin toss experiment with two possible outcomes (heads or tails), the probability of getting heads on a single toss is 1/2. The probability of getting a certain number, like 3, when rolling a fair six-sided die is also 1/6. The probabilities of all favorable and unfavorable events within an experiment must

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    Probability is a measure of how likely an event is to occur, ranging from 0 to 1, with 0 being impossible and 1 being certain. An experiment is any process that can be repeated with a set of possible outcomes, and a trial is a single event within an experiment. Experimental probability is calculated by taking the number of favorable outcomes and dividing by the total number of possible outcomes. For example, in a coin toss experiment with two possible outcomes (heads or tails), the probability of getting heads on a single toss is 1/2. The probability of getting a certain number, like 3, when rolling a fair six-sided die is also 1/6. The probabilities of all favorable and unfavorable events within an experiment must

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    Probability is a measure of how likely an event is to occur, ranging from 0 to 1, with 0 being impossible and 1 being certain. An experiment is any process that can be repeated with a set of possible outcomes, and a trial is a single event within an experiment. Experimental probability is calculated by taking the number of favorable outcomes and dividing by the total number of possible outcomes. For example, in a coin toss experiment with two possible outcomes (heads or tails), the probability of getting heads on a single toss is 1/2. The probability of getting a certain number, like 3, when rolling a fair six-sided die is also 1/6. The probabilities of all favorable and unfavorable events within an experiment must

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    4/3/22, 1:57 PM Probability

    Introduction to Probability
    Probability

    Probability is the measure of the likelihood of an event to occur. Events can’t be


    predicted with certainty but can be expressed as how likely it can occur using the idea
    of probability.
    Probability can range between 0 and 1, where 0 probability means the event be an
    impossible one and probability of 1 indicates a certain event.

    Experiment

    An experiment:

    is any procedure that can be infinitely repeated or any series of actions that have a
    well-defined set of possible outcomes.
    can either have only one or more than one possible outcomes.
    is also called the sample space.

    Trail

    A single event that is performed to determine the outcome is called trial.


    All possible trials that constitute a well-defined set of possible outcomes, are
    collectively called as an experiment/sample space.

    Experimental Probability
    Experimental/Empirical Probability

    The empirical probability of an event that may happen is given by:

    Probability of event to happen P (E) =


    N umber of  f avourable outcomes

    (T otal number of  outcomes)

    Coin tossing experiment

    Considering a fair coin, there are only two possible outcomes that is either getting heads or
    tails. 

    Number of possible outcomes = 2

    Number of outcomes to get head = 1

    Probability to get head =


    N umber of  outcomes to get head 1
    =
    N umber of  possible outcomes 2

     Rolling of Dice Experiment


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    4/3/22, 1:57 PM Probability

    When a fair dice is rolled, the number that comes up top is a number between one to six.
    Assuming we roll the dice once, to check the possibility of three coming up.

    Number of possible outcomes = 6

    Number of outcomes to get three = 1

    Probability to get three =


    N umber of  outcomes to get three 1
    =
    (N umber of  possible outcomes) 6

    Sum of Probabilities of Favorable and unfavorable events

    When a trial is done for an expected outcome, there are chances when the expected
    outcome is achieved. Such a trial/event is called favourable event.
    When a trial is done for an expected outcome, there are chances when the expected
    outcome is not achieved. Such a trial/event is called unfavourable event.
    All favourable and unfavourable event outcomes come from the well-defined set of
    outcomes.
    Suppose an event of sample space S has n favourable outcomes. Then, there are S-n
    unfavourable outcomes.
    The probability of favourable and unfavourable events happening depends upon the
    number of trials performed, however, the sum of both these probabilities is always
    equal to one.

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