Many events cannot be predicted with total certainty. The best we can say is how likely they are to happen, using the idea of probability.
1. Use the information that you are given and create a ratio. The total number of outcomes is the denominator and the numerator is the number of ways it can happen
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Sometimes it gets a little tricky when there are a few categories, but for the most part I am okay with probability.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
http://jmathpage.com/JIMSProbabilitypage.html
http://www.mathsisfun.com/data/probability.html
