1 / 19

Understanding Theoretical Probability and Equally Likely Outcomes

Learn how to calculate theoretical probabilities for equally likely outcomes with examples of rolling dice and selecting cards from a deck. Discover essential probability facts and the sum of probabilities equaling 1.

olivia-owen
Download Presentation

Understanding Theoretical Probability and Equally Likely Outcomes

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Section 12.2Theoretical Probability

  2. What You Will Learn • Equally Likely Outcomes • Theoretical Probability

  3. Equally Likely Outcomes • If each outcome of an experiment has the same chance of occurring as any other outcome, they are said to be equally likely outcomes. • For equally likely outcomes, the probability of Event E may be calculated with the following formula.

  4. Example 1: Determining Probabilities • A die is rolled. Find the probability of rolling • a) a 5. • b) an even number. • c) a number greater than 3. • d) a 7. • e) a number less than 7.

  5. Example 1: Determining Probabilities Solution a) b) Rolling an even number can occur in three ways: 2, 4 or 6.

  6. Example 1: Determining Probabilities • Solution • c) Three numbers are greater than 3: 4, 5 or 6.

  7. Example 1: Determining Probabilities Solution d) No outcomes will result in a 7. Thus, the event cannot occur and the probability is 0.

  8. Example 1: Determining Probabilities • Solution • e) All the outcomes 1 through 6 are less than 7. Thus, the event must occur and the probability is 1.

  9. Important Probability Facts • The probability of an event that cannot occur is 0. • The probability of an event that must occur is 1. • Every probability is a number between 0 and 1 inclusive; that is, 0 ≤ P(E) ≤ 1. • The sum of the probabilities of all possible outcomes of an experiment is 1.

  10. The Sum of the Probabilities Equals 1 • P(A) + P(not A) = 1 • or • P(not A) = 1 – P(A)

  11. Example 3: Selecting One Card from a Deck • A standard deck of 52 playing cards is shown.

  12. Example 3: Selecting One Card from a Deck • The deck consists of four suits: hearts, clubs, diamonds, and spades. Each suit has 13 cards, including numbered cards ace (1) through 10 and three picture (or face) cards, the jack, the queen, and the king.

  13. Example 3: Selecting One Card from a Deck • Hearts and diamonds are red cards; clubs and spades are black cards. There are 12 picture cards, consisting of 4 jacks, 4 queens, and 4 kings. One card is to be selected at random from the deck of cards. Determine the probability that the card selected is

  14. Example 3: Selecting One Card from a Deck • a) a 7. • b) not a 7. • c) a diamond. • d) a jack or queen or king (a picture card). • e) a heart and spade. • f) a card greater than 6 and less than 9.

  15. Example 3: Selecting One Card from a Deck • Solution • a) a 7. There are 4 7’s in a deck of cards. • b) not a 7.

  16. Example 3: Selecting One Card from a Deck • Solution • c) a diamond. • There are 13 diamonds in the deck.

  17. Example 3: Selecting One Card from a Deck • Solution • d) a jack or queen or king (a picture card). • There are 4 jacks, 4 queens, and 4 kings or a total of 12 picture cards.

  18. Example 3: Selecting One Card from a Deck • Solution • e) a heart and spade. • The word and means both events must occur. This is not possible, that one card is both, the probability = 0.

  19. Example 3: Selecting One Card from a Deck • Solution • f) a card greater than 6 and less than 9. • The cards that are both greater than 6 and less than 9 are 7’s and 8’s. There are 4 7’s and 4 8’s, or 8 total.

More Related