HEREDITY
BASICS OF PROBABILITY
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Question
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Determine whether the event is impossible, unlikely, as likely as not, likely, or certain. You flip a fair coin and the coin will land heads up.
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impossible
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unlikely
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as likely as not
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likely
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The probability of an impossible event is 0.
Detailed explanation-2: -The impossible event has zero probability Therefore, by definition, impossible events have zero probability.
Detailed explanation-3: -Impossible Event: An event which cannot happen is called an impossible event. For an example, getting both head and tail in simultaneously in tossing a coin. The probability of an impossible event is 0, i.e. P(E) = 0.
Detailed explanation-4: -Hint-Probability is defined as the ratio of number of favorable outcomes to the total number of outcomes. For an impossible event the total number of favorable outcomes is zero. Therefore the probability of an impossible event is zero.
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