Probability

Categories: Science | Mathematics
    • The chance of getting heads when you flip a coin is 50% [http: //www.sciencenews.org/articles/20040228/fob2.asp (well, almost)]
    • The chance of getting a 7 when you roll 2 dice is 16.67%
    • The chance of winning the Grand Prize in the Powerball Lottery is 1 in 146,107,962.00
    • The odds of a human being struck by lightning at some point in their lifetime are 244,000 to 1

  • Probability is a field of math that deals with chance. Probability plays a major role in many social sciences, thermodynamics and quantum mechanics.

  • Glossary

    1. Odds: A quantitative value used to chance that a given outcome will occur in a given number of attempts
    2. Bernoulli Trial: An experiment that has two possible outcomes
    3. Infinite Monkey Theorem: States that given an infinite amount of time, intentionally random processes will eventually yield very complex and specific results. The example used is that a monkey smashing randomly on a keyboard for an infinite amount of time will eventually type out the complete works of Shakespeare.

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