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Why do we use probability?


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The probability of an event is the ratio of the number of favorable outcomes and the total number of outcomes.

Probability is used in various fields such as:

  • Medicine: to examine the risk of health due to a disease.
  • Business: to analyze the business profit or loss in future.
  • Weather forecast: to know the possibility of rain occurring in the evening.

Therefore, it has huge applications in medicines, business, and other industries.


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