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| The chance of something equals what |
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| 100% minus the chance of the opposite thing |
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| If something is impossible what is the percentage of time it is likly to happen |
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| If something is sure to happen what is the percentage of the time it is likely to happen |
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| If something is sure to happen what is the percentage of the time it is likely to happen |
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| When you draw at random, how many tickets in the box have the same chance to be picked |
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| what is the multiplication rule |
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| the chance that two things will both happen equals the chance that the first will happen, multiplied by the chance that the second will happen given that the first has happened |
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| two thins are independent if the chances for the second given the first are the same, no matter how the first one turns out. Otherwise the two things are dependent. |
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| when drawing at random with replacement are the draws independent or dependent |
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| when drawing at random without replacement are the draws independent or dependent |
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| can blindly multiplying chances make trouble? |
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| yes, check fo rindependece or use of conditional probabilies |
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| what is the special case of the multiplication rule |
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| if two things are independent, the chance that both will happen equals the product of their unconditional probabilities. |
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| what is the frequencey theory of chance |
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| it applies most directly to chance processes which can be repoeated over and over again, independently and under the same conditions |
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| the chance of something gives determines what |
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| teh percentage of times the thing is expected to happen, when teh basic process is repeated over and over again |
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