LESSON 22 Solving Word Problems in Probability
Probability deals with chance events, such as card games, slot machines,
and lotteries, as well as insurance, investments, and weather forecasting.
A probability experimentis a chance process which leads to well-defined
outcomes. For example, when a die (singular for dice) is rolled, there are six
possible well-defined outcomes. They are1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6When a coin is flipped, there are two possible well-defined outcomes. They are
heads, tails267
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