Theoretical Probability
Theoretical probability is...
What is how likely something is to happen in theory?
Experimental Probability is...
What is how likely something is to happen if you conduct an experiment?
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Subjective Probability uses *blank* and *blank* to determine how likely an event is to happen.
What is personal beliefs and personal judgement?
Axiomatic probability is used to prove...
The probability of rolling a one on a number cube
What is 1/6?
The theoretical probability of flipping a coin, and the coin lands on heads.
What is 1/2?
Lose 200 points :(
Give an example of subjective probability.
Answers will vary!
The first axiom in axiomatic probability.
What is zero is the smallest possible probability and one is the largest?
The probability of rolling an odd number on a number cube
What is 3/6 (1/2)?
The theoretical probability of flipping a coin 5 times, and it landing on heads each time.
What is 1/32?
You flip a coin, and the following outcomes occur: H, T, H, H, H, H, T, T, H. The experimental probability of the coin landing on H.
What is 6/9 (2/3)?
The things that are considered in the probability of a sports team winning.
What is the team's past win/loss ratio, what do they know about the opposing team, what do they know about the sport, and their feelings about the game rather than deciding who will win using formal math calculations?
The second axiom in axiomatic probability.
What is An event that is certain has a probability of one?
The probability of picking a face card (King, Queen, or Jack) out of a deck of cards.
What is 12/52 (3/13)?
The theoretical probability of choosing a vowel (not including y) from a bag full of letters of the alphabet with replacing the letter each time.
What is 1/(26^5)?
You flip a coin, and the following outcomes occur: H, T, H, H, H, H, T, T, H. The experimental probability of the coin landing on T.
What is 3/9 (1/3)?
Make another team of your choice lose 400 points, but your team loses 100 points.
The third axiom in axiomatic probability.
What is Two mutually exclusive events cannot occur simultaneously, but the union of events says only one of them can occur?
When picking two marbles out of a bag containing one red, 3 green, and 4 yellow marbles without replacing each marble, the probability of picking 2 red marbles (one right after the other) is...
What is zero?
The theoretical probability of choosing a vowel (not including y) from a bag full of letters of the alphabet WITHOUT replacing the letter each time.
What is 1/26*25*24*23*22?
For every 50 jumping jacks you do in a minute, your team gets 100 points (Must be done as a team or it doesn't count)!
For every 50 jumping jacks you do in a minute, your team gets 100 points (Must be done as a team or it doesn't count)!
Free question! No points gained or lost!
Free question! No points gained or lost!
The fourth axiom in axiomatic probability.
Trick question! There is not a fourth axiom!
Free question! Gain 500 points!
Gain 500 points and award another team 100 points!