Instructions: Search the news, or online articles and sites to find a probability provided.

Types of Probability

Theoretical Probabilityis what we expect to find given a specific sample space with equally likely outcomes. For example, if we flip a coin, the probability of getting a head would be 1/2. There are 2 items in the sample space (possible outcomes), a Head and a Tail and they are each equally likely. Thus, 1/2 is the Theoretical Probability based on mathematics.