AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -A simple event is one that can only happen in one way-in other words, it has a single outcome. If we consider our previous example of tossing a coin: we get one outcome that is a head or a tail.

Detailed explanation-2: -An event containing exactly one outcome is called an elementary event.

Detailed explanation-3: -Probability is a measure of the likelihood that an event will happen. When dealing with probability, the outcomes of a process are the possible results. For example, when a die is rolled, the possible outcomes are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.

Detailed explanation-4: -A simple event is an event with only one outcome. Rolling a 1 would be a simple event, because there is only one outcome that works-1! Rolling more than a 5 would also be a simple event, because the event includes only 6 as a valid outcome.

Detailed explanation-5: -An event having only one outcome is a simple event. For example, if we toss one coin, it gives only one outcome.