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Probability of An Event WS

This document discusses calculating probabilities of different events occurring using examples of drawing marbles from a bag and drawing cards from a standard deck. It explains that the probability of an event is the number of favorable outcomes divided by the total number of possible outcomes. For example, the probability of drawing a striped marble from a bag containing 3 striped marbles and 7 non-striped marbles is 3/10 or 30%. The probability of not drawing a striped marble would be the complement of that probability, which is 7/10 or 70%.

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Probability of An Event WS

This document discusses calculating probabilities of different events occurring using examples of drawing marbles from a bag and drawing cards from a standard deck. It explains that the probability of an event is the number of favorable outcomes divided by the total number of possible outcomes. For example, the probability of drawing a striped marble from a bag containing 3 striped marbles and 7 non-striped marbles is 3/10 or 30%. The probability of not drawing a striped marble would be the complement of that probability, which is 7/10 or 70%.

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Probability of an event happening

Probability of an event =

Complement of an event is all the other outcomes (not the ones we


want)

1) Work out the probability of

a) picking a striped marble

No. of striped marbles = 3 Total no. of marbles = 10

3
P(striped) =
10
= 0.3 = 30% (0.3 x 100)

b) not picking a striped marble

7
P(not striped) =
10
= 0.7 = 70% (0.7 x 100) OR 1- P(striped)= 1-0.3= 0.7

c) picking a spotty marble

d) not picking a spotty marble

e) picking a white marble

f) not picking a white marble


2) Work out the probability of selecting a card at random from a standard deck of Playing
Cards.

A standard deck of cards has:

● 52 Cards in 13 values and 4 suits

● Suits are Spades, Clubs (in Black), Diamonds and Hearts (in Red)

● Each suit has 13 card values: 2-10, 3 “face cards” Jack, Queen, King (J, Q, K) and Ace (A)

a) picking a 3 of Spade

b) picking an Ace

d) picking a black card

e) picking a 6

f) picking a diamond less than 6

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