MATH 10 - 4TH PERIODICAL EXAM Flashcards
The arrangement of items which order matters
Permutation
The arrangement of items which order doesn’t matter
Combination
The chance that something will happen - how likely it is that some event will happen.
Probability
Is the set of all possible outcomes of an experiment
Sample space
Each element of a sample space is called
Outcome or sample point
Any subset of a sample space is an
Event (E)
Consists of a single outcome that cannot be further broken down into smaller events
Simple Event
Is any event combining two or more simple events.
Compound Event
Since events are sets, can be combined to form new events by using the set operation of
Union (U)
Union of events can be illustrated by
Venn Diagram
Intersection of events is denoted by
A ∩ B
Refers to the number of elements of the set
Cardinality
Cardinality is denoted by
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