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    • Sample Space

      The set of all possible outcomes of an experiment
    • Events

      Subsets of the sample space
    • Outcomes
      The possible results of an experiment
    • Experiments
      The process of observing and recording the results of a random phenomenon
    • Two types of probability
      • Theoretical probability
      • Experimental probability
    • Theoretical probability

      The probability expected to happen based on mathematics
    • Calculating theoretical probability
      P(event) = number of favorable outcomes / total number of possible outcomes
    • Experimental probability
      The probability found by repeating an experiment and observing the outcomes
    • Calculating experimental probability
      P(event) = number of times event occurs / total number of trials
    • The chances of landing on blue are 1 in 4, or one-fourth
    • The chances of landing on red are 1 in 4, or one-fourth
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