 In general, if an event may happen in a ways, and fail in b ways, and each of these ways is equally likely to occur, the probability of its happening is -, and the probability of its failing is...  A College Algebra - Page 235by James Morford Taylor - 1889 - 363 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Wallace Wright - Geodesy - 1884 - 450 pages
...and •whose numerator is the number of these occurrences favorable to the event in question. Thus if an event may happen in a ways and fail in b ways, all equally likely to occur, the probability of its happening is —;—.,, and of its failing —.—r,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Finkel - Mathematics - 1888 - 518 pages
...probability that all the coins come down alike is i. "iV. PROBABILITY. 13. Definition. If an event can happen in a ways and fail in b ways, and each of these...the probability, or the chance of its happening is — JT-, and the chance of its failing is That is, the probability of an event happening is the number... | |
 | James Henry Glennon - Range-finding - 1888 - 84 pages
...the number of ways in which an event may happen or fail, to the total number of possible ways. Thus if an event may happen in a ways and fail in b ways, and each of these ways is equally likely to occur, the probability of its happening is — ~--r , and the probability of its failing is - —... | |
 | Edward Albert Bowser - Algebra - 1888 - 868 pages
...' o + 6 and the probability or chance of its failing is ~. a + o Otherwise, thus : If an event can happen in a ways and fail in b ways, and each of these ways is equally likely to happen, we can assert that the chance of its happening is to the chance of its failing as « to... | |
 | Henry Sinclair Hall, Samuel Ratcliffe Knight - Algebra - 1891 - 606 pages
...convergeuts. CHAPTER XXXII. PROBABILITY. 449. DEFINITION. If an event can happen in a ways and fail in 6 ways, and each of these ways is equally likely, the probability, or the chance, of its happening is j , and that of its failing is b a+b' For instance, if in a lottery there are 7 prizes and 25 blanks,... | |
 | Henry Sinclair Hall, Samuel Ratcliffe Knight - Algebra - 1894 - 596 pages
...denominators of the successive convergents. 1 CHAPTER XXXII. PROBABILITY. 449. DEFINITION. If an event can happen in a ways and fail in b ways, and each of these...the probability, or the chance, of its happening is ^ , and that of its failing is b a+b' For instance, if in a lottery there are 7 prizes and 25 blanks,... | |
 | Henry Sinclair Hall, Samuel Ratcliffe Knight - Algebra - 1895 - 508 pages
...CHAPTER XXXVIII. PROBABILITY (CHANCE). 376. DEFINITION. If an event can happen in a ways and fail in Ь ways, and each of these ways is equally likely, the probability, or the chance, of its happening is - -, and of its , .... b ..... a + b failing is -- 0 a + b For instance, if in a lottery there are... | |
 | Henry Sinclair Hall, Samuel Ratcliffe Knight - Algebra - 1897 - 548 pages
...two-cent piece, and a penny ? CHAPTER XXXVI. PROBABILITY (CHANCE). 402. DEFINITION. If an event can happen in a ways and fail in b ways, and. each of...the probability, or the chance, of its happening is , and of 6 ' a + b its failing is Hence to find the probability of an event happening, divide the number... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Annandale - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1901 - 530 pages
...number of chances by which an event may happen, to the number by which it may both happen or fail. If an event may happen in a ways and fail in b ways, and all these ways are equally likely to occur, the probability of its happening is — - — and the probability... | |
 | Mansfield Merriman - Least squares - 1904 - 270 pages
...probability of throwing the ace in one trial is \, and the probability of not throwing it is \. In general, if an event may happen in a ways, and fail in b ways, and each of these ways is equally likely to occur, the probability of its happening is • -, and the probability of its a -\- b failing is... | |
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