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What are Probability and
Combinatorics?
Probabilityis the measure of the likeliness that an event
will occur.Probabilityis quantified as a number between
0 and 1 (where 0 indicates impossibility and 1 indicates
certainty). The higher theprobabilityof an event, the
more certain we are that the event will occur.
Blaise Pascal
Combinatorics
Combinatorics often
confused with
permutations. The two
concepts are extremely
similar, except that with permutations,
the details and specific order in which
things show up matter. Each have their
own formulas in which to solve the
answer. In both formulas -
Examples:
A)
C) The permutation of a
group of friends: Alice,
Daniel, and Elizabeth is
different than that of the
combination of Daniel,
Elizabeth, Alice.
Probability
Probability is the measure of likeliness that
something, or rather an event, will occur. The
higher the probability, the more likely it will occur.
Probability is based on a scale from 0 to 1. If you
were to flip a coin, the probability that it will land
on heads is 0.50 or 50% because you have a 1 in 2
chance. If you have 6blue and 2red marbles in a
bag and you were to choose one at random, the probability that that marble will
be red is around 0.25 or 25% because you have a 2 in 8 chance. because there are
8 marbles total. A pretty slim, but not impossible chance of pulling a red marble.
Pretty simple, right?
Example:
The formula for figuring out the
probability of an occurrence is
pretty simple: