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How likely is it, given what you know?

Start with possible outcomes. Read probabilities from a table, follow a tree to update a belief, and count choices without listing them all.

Probability from scratch · Step 1 of 19

An event is a set of possible outcomes

One fair die · sample space S = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}
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in event Aoutside A
An experiment is something you observe, such as rolling a die. An outcome is one result. The sample space lists every possible result; an event collects the results you care about. A simple event contains just one outcome. Probability runs from 0 (impossible) to 1 (certain).
Try it: Select more faces. The sample space stays the same; the event gets bigger.
Event A: roll at most this number1
In A
1
Possible
6
P(A)
0.1667
P(A) = (1 / 6) = 0.1667
In Excel: =1/6
Check yourself
Which is a simple event for one die roll?

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