The provided text delves into the foundational concepts of permutations and combinations, highlighting the distinct difference between the two. Permutations involve arranging a set of items in a specific order, while combinations focus on selecting items without regard to order.
Probability is a numerical description of how likely an event is to occur or how likely it is that a proposition is true.
COMBINATIONS
Combinations is unlike permutations. it is the selection of given things without the need of a specific arrangement.
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PERMUTATIONS
Several possible variations, or ways, in which a set or number of things may be arranged, aligned, or ordered in a manner.
PROBABILITY OF MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE EVENTS
Two events are mutually exclusive if they cannot occur at the same time. Another word that means mutually exclusive is disjoint. If two events are disjoint, then the probability of them both occurring at the same time is 0.
PROBABILITY OF UNION OF EVENTS
Example
Suppose A and B are two events associated with a random experiment. Then the union of A and B is represented by A ∪ B. The probability of union of two events is given by: P(A∪B) = P(A)+P(B) – P(A∩B) Here, P (A) is the probability of event A, P (B) is the probability of event B.
PROBABILITY OF EVENTS
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Definition
The probability of an event is the measure of the chance that the event will occur as a result of an experiment.