Chapter 10 Math Vocab Flashcards
Combination
An arrangement
of items or events in which order
does not matter
Complement
The set of all
outcomes that are not the event.
Compound event
An event
made up of two or more simple
events.
Dependent event
Events for
which the outcome of one event
affects the probability of the
second eve
Equally likely
Outcomes that have the same probability
Event
An outcome or set of
outcomes of an experiment or
situation
Experiment
In probability, any
activity based on chance, such as
tossing a coin
Experimental probability
The ratio of the number of times an event occurs to the total number of trials, or times that the activity is performed
Factorial
The product of all
whole numbers except zero that
are less than or equal to a
number
Fair
When all outcomes of an
experiment are equally likely, the
experiment is said to be fair
Fundamental counting principle
If one event has m possible outcomes and a second event has n possible outcomes after the first event has occurred, then there are m n total possible outcomes for the two events
Independent events
Events for
which the outcome of one event
does not affect the probability of
the other.
Outcome
A possible result of A probability experiment
Permutation
An arrangement of
items or events in which order is
important
Prediction
Something you can
reasonably expect to happen in
the future
