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Mathigon: Probability and Discrete Math: Predicting the Future
This lesson focuses on probability theory for predicting the outcome of flipping a coin, and then flipping it multiple times.
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Mathigon: Probability and Discrete Math: Monty Hall
This lesson focuses on the Monty Hall game where you select one of three doors. It explains your odds based on your choices.
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Mathigon: Probability and Discrete Math: Casino Mathematics
This lesson focuses on the probability and casino games such as Roulette which consists of a wheel with the numbers from 1 to 36 colored in red and black, as well as a green 0. A ball rolls around the outside and randomly lands on one of...
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Mathigon: Probability and Discrete Math: What Are Probabilities
This lesson focuses on probability, a number between 0 and 1 which describes the likelihood of a certain event. A probability of 0 means that something is impossible; a probability of 1 means that something is certain.
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Mathigon: Probability and Discrete Math: Introduction
This is an introduction to the study of probability. It tells the story of two of the greatest mathematicians, Blaise Pascal and Pierre de Fermat, who used coin tosses of heads or tails to determine who paid the bill. It led to the...
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Mathigon: Probability and Discrete Math: True Randomness
This lesson focuses on randomness; it explains that what we often think of as random is only random because we do not have the tools to make better predictions. However, true randomness does exists -- at the very foundations of matter. A...