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Class 10 Maths Chapter 15 Probability Notes
CBSE Class 10 Maths Chapter 15 Probability Notes are provided here in detail. In this article, we are going to learn the definition of probability, experimental probability, theoretical probability and the different terminologies used in probability with complete explanation.
Students can refer to the short notes and MCQ questions along with separate solution pdf of this chapter for quick revision from the links below:
What is Probability?
The branch of mathematics that measures the uncertainty of the occurrence of an event using numbers is called probability. The chance that an event will or will not occur is expressed on a scale ranging from 0-1.
It can also be represented as a percentage, where 0% denotes an impossible event and 100 % implies a certain event.
Event and outcome
An Outcome is a result of a random experiment. For example, when we roll a dice getting six is an outcome.
An Event is a set of outcomes. For example when we roll dice the probability of getting a number less than five is an event.
Note: An Event can have a single outcome.
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Experimental Probability
Experimental probability can be applied to any event associated with an experiment that is repeated a large number of times.
A trial is when the experiment is performed once. It is also known as empirical probability.
Experimental or empirical probability: P(E) =Number of trials where the event occurred/Total Number of Trials
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Theoretical Probability
Theoretical Probability, P(E) = Number of Outcomes Favourable to E / Number of all possible outcomes of the experiment
Here we assume that the outcomes of the experiment are equally likely.
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Elementary Event
An event having only one outcome of the experiment is called an elementary event.
Example: Take the experiment of tossing a coin n number of times. One trial of this experiment has two possible outcomes: Heads(H) or Tails(T). So for an individual toss, it has only one outcome, i.e Heads or Tails.
Sum of Probabilities
The sum of the probabilities of all the elementary events of an experiment is one.
Example: take the coin-tossing experiment. P(Heads) + P(Tails )
= (1/2)+ (1/2) =1
Impossible event
An event that has no chance of occurring is called an Impossible event, i.e. P(E) = 0.
E.g: Probability of getting a 7 on a roll of a die is 0. As 7 can never be an outcome of this trial.
Sure event
An event that has a 100% probability of occurrence is called a sure event. The probability of occurrence of a sure event is one.
E.g: What is the probability that a number obtained after throwing a die is less than 7?
So, P(E) = P(Getting a number less than 7) = 6/6= 1
Range of Probability of an event
The range of probability of an event lies between 0 and 1 inclusive of 0 and 1, i.e. 0≤P(E)≤1.
Geometric Probability
Geometric probability is the calculation of the likelihood that one will hit a particular area of a figure. It is calculated by dividing the desired area by the total area. In the case of Geometrical probability, there are infinite outcomes.
Complementary Events
Complementary events are two outcomes of an event that are the only two possible outcomes. This is like flipping a coin and getting heads or tails.
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Probability for Class 10 Examples
Example 1:
A bag contains only lemon-flavoured candies. Arjun takes out one candy without looking into the bag. What is the probability that he takes out an orange-flavoured candy?
Solution:
Let us take the number of candies in the bag to be 100.
Number of orange flavoured candies = 0 [since the bag contains only lemon-flavoured candies]
Hence, the probability that he takes out an orange-flavoured candy is:
P (Taking orange-flavoured candy) = Number of orange flavoured candies / Total number of candies.
= 0/100 = 0
Hence, the probability that Arjun takes out an orange-flavoured candy is 0.
This proves that the probability of an impossible event is 0.
Example 2:
A game of chance consists of spinning an arrow that comes to rest pointing at any one of the numbers such as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and these are equally likely outcomes. What is the probability that it will point at (i)8, (ii) Number greater than 2 (iii) Odd numbers.
Solution:
Sample Space = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8}
Total Numbers = 8
(i) Probability that the arrow will point at 8:
Number of times we can get 8 = 1
P (Getting 8) = 1/8.
(ii) Probability that the arrow will point at the number greater than 2:
Number greater than 2 = 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
No. of numbers greater than 2 = 6
P (Getting numbers greater than 2) = 6/8 = 3/4.
(iii) Probability that the arrow will point at the odd numbers:
Odd number of outcomes = 1, 3, 5, 7
Number of odd numbers = 4.
P (Getting odd numbers) = 4/8 = ½.
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