HEREDITY
BASICS OF PROBABILITY
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outcomes
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compound event
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simple event
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probability
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Detailed explanation-1: -Possible Outcomes – a list of all the resulting possibilities from an event. e.g. When rolling a die – all possible outcomes are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
Detailed explanation-2: -To find the total number of outcomes for two or more events, multiply the number of outcomes for each event together. This is called the product rule for counting because it involves multiplying to find a product.
Detailed explanation-3: -Possible outcomes are the possible results of an experiment. For example, when you flip a coin, the coin could land on heads or the coin could land on tails. The possible outcomes of flipping a coin once are heads or tails.
Detailed explanation-4: -The list of all the possible outcomes is called the SAMPLE SPACE (S). An event is any outcome or set of outcomes of a random phenomenon.