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12 Probability

 Probability is the likelihood of something happening


 0 impossible
 b/n 0 and 0.5 unlikely
 0.5 and 1likely
 1 means certain
The probability of all the outcomes add up to 1

12.1 Complementary events


Event is an outcome or collection of outcomes
Denoted with capital letters
An event can have one or more than one outcomes
Complement of event A is the event where event A does not happen
Complementary events are mutually exclusive ( can not both happen at once )
Key terms s.b= p:-147-149 w.b=p:- 84-86
 The complement of an event A is the event not A,written as A’
 P(A) + P(A’) = 1
Examples
3
1. The probability that a customer at a café orders tea is
7
Write down the probability that a customer at the café does not order tea
 Ans P(A) + P(A’) = 1
P(A’) = 1 - P(A)
3 4
P(A’) = 1 - =
7 7
2.
 12.2 Experimental probability ( relative probability )
Key terms S.B 149 W.B EX 2 = 86
 Experimental probability
 is an estimate of the probability of a particular outcome of an event based on the outcomes of
several repetitions of the event
 = number of successive trials / total number of trials

 Theoretical probability = number of favorable events / total number of possible outcomes


 Fair probability if Experimental = Theoretical
Examples
1. If there are 50 marbles in a bag and 20 of them are blue then the probability of selecting a blue
20
marble is
50

2. Emilia is using a spinner that has outcomes and probabilities as shown in the table.
Outcome Blue Yellow Green Red Purple
Probability 0.2 0.1 0.4
The spinner has an equal chance of landing on blue or red.
a) Complete the probability table.
The probabilities of all the outcomes should add up to 1.
1 - 0.2 - 0.1 - 0.4 = 0.3
The probability that it lands on blue or red is 0.3.
As the probabilities of blue and red are equal you can halve this to get each probability.
0.3 ÷ 2 = 0.15
Now complete the table.
Outcome Blue Yellow Green Red Purple
Probability 0.15 0.2 0.1 0.15 0.4
b) Find the probability that the spinner lands on green or purple.
As the spinner can not land on green and purple at the same time they are mutually exclusive.
This means you can add their probabilities together.
0.1 + 0.4 = 0.5
P(Green or Purple) = 0.5
c)Find the probability that the spinner does not land on yellow.
The probability of not landing on yellow is equal to 1 minus the probability of landing on yellow.
1 - 0.2 = 0.8
P(Not Yellow) = 0.8

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