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Class 10 - Mathematics - Chapter 14: PROBABILITY - Exercise 14.1
Question 1

Question. 1

Complete the following statements:

(i) Probability of an event E + Probability of the event ‘not E’ = ________.

(ii) The probability of an event that cannot happen is ________. Such an event is called ________.

(iii) The probability of an event that is certain to happen is ________. Such an event is called ________.

(iv) The sum of the probabilities of all the elementary events of an experiment is ________.

(v) The probability of an event is greater than or equal to ________ and less than or equal to ________.

Answer:

(i) 1

(ii) 0; impossible event

(iii) 1; sure or certain event

(iv) 1

(v) 0, 1

Detailed Answer with Explanation:

The probability of the complement of an event is 1 minus the probability of the event itself, so their sum is 1. An event that cannot occur has probability 0 and is called an impossible event, while an event that is sure to occur has probability 1 and is called a certain (sure) event. The probabilities of all elementary outcomes in a sample space add up to 1, and probabilities of any event always lie between 0 and 1 inclusive.

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