GRADE 11 · MATHEMATICS · TOPIC 11

Statistics and Probability

Probabilities describe chance; variance measures spread.

CONCEPT EXPLAINED

Understand the concept

Probabilities describe chance; variance measures spread.

SOLVED EXAMPLE

Probability of two heads in two fair tosses

  1. Step 1: Equally likely outcomes HH,HT,TH,TT
  2. Step 2: one is HH.

Final answer: 1/4

PRACTISE YOURSELF

Probability of at least one head in two tosses

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3/4

Try another similar question and explain each step aloud. Refer to your school syllabus for topic level and notation.