Probability
Probability
Example 2: A box contains 3 white, 5 green, and 6 red balls. A ball is drawn at
random out of the box. Find the probability of drawing a red ball.
Solution: Total number of balls = 3 + 5 + 6 = 14
Therefore, total number of possible outcomes = 14
Let E be the event of drawing a red ball.
Number of outcomes favourable to E = 6
Solution:
Since there are 52 cards in a deck, the number of all possible outcomes is 52.
o Number of black cards in the deck = 26
Therefore, the probability that the drawn card is neither black nor an ace
Complementary events
For an event E such that of an experiment, the
event represents ‘not E’ , which is called the complement of the event E.
We say, E and are complementary events.
Example:
A pair of dice is thrown once. Find the probability of getting a different
number on each die.
Solution:
When a pair of dice is thrown, the possible outcomes of the experiment can be
listed as: