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    accredit the causes of random events, make unsound choices when faced with doubt and constantly undervalue the role of chance. The probability that two events will both occur can never be greater than the probability that each will occur individually. Mlodinow says, this is do to “simple arithmetic: the chances that event A will occur = the chances that events A and B will occur + the chance that event A will occur and event B will not occur.” If two possible events, A and B, are independent, then

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    space: S= {1,2,3,4,5,6} Events: E₁= {3} – rolling a number 3 E₂= {2, 4, 6} - rolling an even number E₃= {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} - you roll a number between 1 and 6. E₃= {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} is a certain event. 17 out of this is an impossible event due to the fact that there is no possible way for 17 to be in that grouping. Which leads to an empty set. Probabilities and Odds Example: A coin is flipped, find the following… Find the sample space Find the probability of event E₁, getting

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    Benford’s Law and where it came from? According to Oxford dictionary, Benford’s law is the principle that in any large, randomly produced set of natural numbers, such as tables of logarithms or corporate sales statistics, around 30 percent will begin with the digit 1, 18 percent with 2, and so on, with the smallest percentage beginning with 9. The law is applied in analyzing the validity of statistics and financial records. Benford’s law is a mathematical theory of leading digits that was discovered

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    exclusive events, The sum of Separate probabilities likely to be one event occur or another. Example: Place 100 marbles in a box; 35 blue, 45 red, and 20 yellow. P(blue)=.35 P(red)=.45 P(yellow)=.20 What is the probability of choosing either a red or a yellow marble from the box? P(red or yellow) = P(red)+ P(yellow) = .45+.20 = .65 The multiplicative law of probabilities The multiplicative law of probability is defined as the probability of the joint occurrence of two or more of the events which

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    exclusive events, The sum of Separate probabilities likely to be one event occur or another. Example: Place 100 marbles in a box; 35 blue, 45 red, and 20 yellow. P(blue)=.35 P(red)=.45 P(yellow)=.20 What is the probability of choosing either a red or a yellow marble from the box? P(red or yellow) = P(red)+ P(yellow) = .45+.20 = .65 The multiplicative law of probabilities The multiplicative law of probability is defined as the probability of the joint occurrence of two or more of the events which

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    4. Probability of recurrence: In the present study, three stochastic models (Weibull, Gamma and Lognormal) have been used for the estimation of probability of earthquake recurrence in Gujarat region of India which was rocked by the great earthquake in 2001. The earthquake data of the region has only five recurrence intervals of earthquakes magnitude ≥ 6 for the period of study, from 1819 to 2001, and is listed in Table 1. The estimated mean, standard deviation and aperiodicity (equivalent to the

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    is the final strand of the Australian curriculum relating to mathematics. Students using probability are “experimenting various theoretical approaches”- Australian Curriculum (2016). Probability is when you divide the number of outcomes in which an event can occur by the number of possible outcomes (Lakin, 2010, p.p131). My experience and knowledge has expanded while studying probability in this unit. It has been developed in activities such as MathSpace and WIKA (appendix m). MathSpace helped me

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    AIM OF THE EXPLORATION Way of scoring in Tennis makes it a different from other games. The unique point is that the scoring at the point level is not cumulative and hence, it is possible for a player scoring less points than her or his opponent to win a match. In this portfolio, we will explore  How to construct a probabilistic model for a tennis match in which the probabilities of winning points are used to analyze the probability of winning matches.  Charts, which will illustrate the

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    Dice and Probability

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    DICE AND PROBABILITY LAB Learning outcome: Upon completion, students will be able to… * Compute experimental and theoretical probabilities using basic laws of probability. Scoring/Grading Rubric: * Part 1: 5 points * Part 2: 5 points * Part 3: 22 points (2 per sum of 2-12) * Part 4: 5 points * Part 5: 5 points * Part 6: 38 points (4 per sum of 4-12, 2 per sum of 3) * Part 7: 10 points * Part 8: 10 points Introduction: While it is fairly simple to understand

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    Introduction So, while doing my best to effectively research the subject enough to write a paper on it, it became rather apparent that I was not mathematically inclined enough to fully understand how the law actually works. However, I was able to understand that the law has gone through a very long period of time where researchers and theorists have worked and worked to prove that there is some form of proof that this is more than a random occurrence, but still haven’t come up with any REAL answer

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