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Year 11: Relative Frequency and Probability
Quick questions on The language of probability for HSC Maths Standard 2
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What are equally likely outcomes?Show answer
An outcome is a single possible result, such as one particular face of a die or one colour on a spinner. Outcomes are equally likely when each has the same chance of occurring. The faces of a balanced die are equally likely; so are the two sides of a fair coin and the equal sectors of a spinner. Equally likely outcomes are the foundation of theoretical probability, because only then can you find a probability simply by counting: the chance of an event is the number of favourable outcomes out of the total number of equally likely outcomes.
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