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N1-1 - Basic Probability

The document discusses basic probability concepts. It defines probability as a number between 0 and 1 that indicates the likelihood of an event occurring. An event with a probability of 0 cannot occur, an event with a probability of 0.5 is equally likely to occur or not occur, and an event with a probability of 1 must occur. It provides examples of how to calculate probabilities by taking the number of successful outcomes and dividing by the total number of possible outcomes. The document ends with practice probability calculation examples involving cards from a deck.

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N1-1 - Basic Probability

The document discusses basic probability concepts. It defines probability as a number between 0 and 1 that indicates the likelihood of an event occurring. An event with a probability of 0 cannot occur, an event with a probability of 0.5 is equally likely to occur or not occur, and an event with a probability of 1 must occur. It provides examples of how to calculate probabilities by taking the number of successful outcomes and dividing by the total number of possible outcomes. The document ends with practice probability calculation examples involving cards from a deck.

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Notes 1-1 : Basic Probability


The ____________________________ is a number between 0
and 1. This number tells us the likelihood the event will occur.

An event that is certain to occur has a probability = ______.


Example:

An event that is certain to not occur has a probability = ______.


Example:

An event that is equally likely to occur or not occur has a


probibility = ___________________________.
Example:

Probability of 0: Probability of 0.5: Probability


Event cannot equally likely to of 1: event
occur occur or not occur must occur

0 0.25 0.5 0.75 1


Impossible Unlikely Possible (Fair) Likley Certain
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How do we find the Probability?


The probability, P, of an event is the ratio of successful outcomes, called
successes, to all outcomes of the event, called possibilites.

P(event) = ____________________

Probabilities can be written as ___________, __________, __________,


and _____________.

Example 1:
You are carrying 6 folders in your backpack. Your best friend ask
to copy your notes from Chemistry class. What is the probability that
you will reach into your backpack without looking and pull out the
correct folder?

P (chemistry folder) = Number of successes = _______


Number of possibilities

Example 2 :
A K Q J 10 9 8
♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣
7 6 5 4 3 2
♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣

Suppose you pick a card at random from the 13 clubs of a standard deck.
What is the probability:
a) it is a face card? c) it is a club?

b) it is an ace? d) it is a spade?

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