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# Certain and Impossible Events

Course Topic(s): Probability | Basic Probability, basic rules

This is the second in a series of lessons on probability in the Math Goodies site. The lesson starts with a series of examples illustrating certain and impossible events for simple experiments such as rolling a die, selecting cards from a deck, spinning a spinner, selecting marbles from a jar, and selecting a student from a class. The examples are followed by a brief general discussion of the inequalities $$P(A) > P(B)$$, $$P(A) = P(B)$$, $$P(A) = 0$$ for an impossible event, and $$P(A) = 1$$ for a certain event. Finally, several multiple choice exercises are given.

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Subject classification(s): Elementary Probability | Probability | Statistics and Probability

Creator(s): Math Goodies

Contributor(s): Math Goodies

This resource was cataloged by Kyle Siegrist

Publisher:
Math Goodies

Resource copyright: Copyright 1998-2012, Mrs. Glosser's Math Goodies. No information on use given.

This review was published on September 14, 2012