Terms Related to Probability
The following are the terms related to describe the concept of probability:
Event
The outcomes of a random experiment is called its elementary event. When one coin is tossed, H and T is possible outcome. That is why Getting head is an elementary event. When two coins are tossed, the sample space of this experiment is {HH, HT, TH, TT} Events are HH, HT, TH and TT are the events of random experiment of tossing two coins.
Compound Events
When two or more than two elementary events occur with a random experiment, it s said to be Compound Event. When we throw a dice and getting odd number is a compound event.
Equally Likely Events
A given number of events are said to be equally likely, if none of them is expected to occur in preference to the others.
If you roll an unbiased dice then each number is equally likely to occur. If a dice is so formed that a particular face occurs most often then the dice is biased. In this case, the outcomes are not equally likely to happen.
Possible Outcomes
The total number of the events which are possible to occur is called possible outcomes.
When one dice is thrown, the possible outcomes are {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}
When two dices are thrown , the possible outcomes are {(1,1), (1, 2), (1, 3), (1, 4), (1, 5), (1, 6), (2, 1), (2, 2), (2, 3), (2, 4), (2, 5), (2, 6), (3, 1), (3, 2), (3, 3), (3, 4), (3, 5), (3, 6), (4, 1), (4, 2), (4, 3), (4, 4), (4, 5), (4, 6), (5,1), (5, 2), (5, 3), (5, 4), (5, 5), (5, 6)}
Favorable Outcomes
The outcomes which satisfy the given condition of chance is called favorable outcomes. When an unbiased dice is thrown, the number obtained which is greater than 2 3, 4, 5, 6 are the favorable outcomes.
Probability of an Event
Let event is denoted by E the probability of occurrence ratio of event and sample space mathematically. Let the number of events is denoted by n (e) and number of sample space denoted by n(S) then\[P(E)=\frac{n(E)}{n(S)}\]
For examination you have selected 100 question for Preparation. In which 10 question match with exam paper. The probability\[=\frac{10}{100}=\frac{1}{10}\]
Sure Event
Sure event is an event whose probability is always one.
In a single toss of dice, what will be the probability of getting a number which is less then7?
Solution:
Sample space = {1, 2, 3,
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