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Think of probability as modeling an experiment.
 
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The set of all possible outcomes of the experiment
is called the sample space S.
 
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Classic ``experiment": Tossing a die.
 
 
 
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Any subset A of S is an event, e.g. 
 
 
 
 
Ken Vastola 
Fri Mar 15 14:12:07 EST 1996