Chapter 10 Vocab Cards 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 Events
Events for which the outcome of one event affects the probability of the second event
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 trails, 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 x 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
