PROBABILITY

Probability of an event

The PROBABILITY of an event is the ratio of the number of times an event occurs to the number of trials. P (A) = n (A) n (S)

EXAMPLE 1
There

are 45 students in form 4 ceria, of which 25 are girls. A student is selected at random from the class. Find the probability that the selected student is a girl.

The total number of students = 45 The number of girls = 25 Let A be the event of selecting a girl P (A) = number of girls in form 4 ceria total number of students in form 4 ceria = 25 45 = 5 9

Example 2
A marble is selected at random from
a bowl containing 180 marbles. 100

of these marbles are red and the rest

are blue. Find the probability that the marble selected is blue.

SOLUTION ;
The

number of blue marbles = 180 100 = 80 P ( selecting a blue marble ) = 80 100 = 4 9

CONCLUSION

Probability of event A, P(A)= num.of times event A occur number of trials If A will not occur, then P(A) = 0 If A occurs in every trial, then P(A) = 1

In

general P(A) = n(A) n(S) n(A) = P(A) x n(S)