The bag contains 3 distinct candies, giving a total of 3 possible outcomes. Since there is only 1 strawberry candy, the probability is 1 / 3 (approximately 0.333 or 33.3%).
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(i) S = {HH, HT, TH, TT}, P(at least 1 head) = 3/4. (ii) S = {1, 2, …, 10}, P(even) = 5/10 = 1/2. (iii) S = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}, P(> 4) = 2/6 = 1/3. (iv) P(not red) ...
Experiments (ii), (iii) and (v) have equally likely outcomes due to symmetry and equal chance. Experiments (i) and (iv) are not equally likely because mechanical conditions bias car starting and blue marbles outnumber red ones.
The correct term is relative frequency and its value is 15 / 50 = 3 / 10 = 0.3. While 15 is the absolute count (frequency), dividing by the total 50 students gives the relative frequency.
The answers are: (i) 0, (ii) sample space, (iii) 1 and (iv) 1/2 (or 0.5). These represent fundamental probability values: 0 denotes impossibility, 1 indicates certainty and an unbiased coin yields an even chance of 0.5.