Probability and Events (HSC SSCE Mathematics Advanced): Flashcards

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Probability and Events
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Random experiment

Process with observable result, repeatable under same conditions

Sample space SS

Complete set of all possible outcomes from an experiment

Outcome

Any possible result from performing an experiment

Cardinality S|S|

Total number of possible outcomes in the set

Event in probability

A subset of the sample space

Impossible event symbol

\varnothing (empty set)

Probability formula (equally likely outcomes)

P(A)=ASP(A) = \frac{|A|}{|S|}

Complement Aˉ\bar{A} meaning

Event AA does not occur

Intersection ABA \cap B meaning

Both AA and BB occur

Union ABA \cup B meaning

AA or BB occurs (or both)

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