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event |
is one or more results of an experiment |
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probabiliy |
is used to describe how likely it is that an event will hapen |
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experimental probability |
you find it of an event by repeating an experiment many times and using the ratio ex: |
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outcomes |
are the possible results or consequences of an acotion |
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theoretical probability |
you can compute this of an event usng this formula: # of favorable outcomes/# of possible outcomes ex: select a letter from the letter h-a-p-p- and y the _________ probability of this is 2/5 |
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complement of an event |
is all the other possible events for that situationthe probability of an event plus the probability of it's complement equals 1 |
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fair game |
is if all players are equally likely to win |
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independent events |
if the outcome of one event des not efect the outcome of the other |
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dependent events |
2 evets that the outcome of the first affects the outcome of the second |
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sample space |
the set of all possible outcomes of a siuation is called a sample space |
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counting principal |
if there are m ways of making a choice and n ways of making another, then here are mxn ways of making the choices |
