Probability

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Probability Basic ProbabilityWhen you roll a die you may be interested in throwing a prime number. When you draw a name out of a hat, you may want to draw a boy`s name. Throwing a prime number or drawing a boy`s name are examples of events. Probability is a measure of how likely an event is to […]

Possibility diagrams

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Possibility diagrams The probability space is the set of all possible outcomes. It can sometimes simplify our work if you draw a possibility diagram to show all outcomes clearly. See how drawing a possibility diagram helps solve problems in the following example. Example 1: Two dice, one red and one blue, are thrown at the same time and […]