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Browse High School Probability
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Selected answers to common questions:
Coin tossing.
Odds vs. probability.
Poker probabilities.
Rolling dice.
- Why Do We Multiply the Probabilities of Independent Events? [10/15/2009]
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We learned the probability formula P(A and B) = P(A) x P(B). Why do we
multiply the two probabilities rather than adding them?
- Why Learn about Probability and Statistics? [04/17/2002]
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Why is probability so important to learn? When will we use it in the
real world?
- Why Study Sequences and Series? [02/26/1999]
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What are some applications of arithmetic sequences and series?
- Winning the Game [09/21/2000]
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In an equitable game of coin tossing, I have x dollars and my friend has
y dollars... What is the probability that my friend will win all of my x
dollars before I can win his y dollars?
- Winning the Lottery [01/30/1997]
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Can you find a formula that predicts the outcome of the lottery?
- Working Out Betting Odds [06/27/2001]
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I am doing a horse racing night in a local pub, and as part of the
committee I have been asked to try to find out how to work out the
betting odds for each horse...
- The World Series [10/22/2000]
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What is the probability of the Yankees and the Mets playing each other in
the World Series?
- Yahtzee Probabilities and a State Matrix [12/30/1998]
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In Yahtzee, what are the odds of rolling 5 of a kind within 3 rolls of
the dice? What if you reroll all 5 dice each time? Does this involve
transition matrices?
- Years That Start on Sunday [10/02/2000]
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What is the probability that a randomly chosen year will start on a
Sunday?
- Zero Probability vs. Practically Improbable [02/09/2014]
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An adult has doubts that rare events remain possible, however unlikely. With
examples that build off his own, as well as one drawn from a common stock-picking
fraud, Doctor George shows how much practical considerations bias our grasp of
probability.
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