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Chances and Probability
It often happens that we take up a chance in predicting some events or happenings that we come across in everyday life. Here are some daily life examples where we take up a chance.
- Chances that it would rain on a sunny day or not.
![weather.jpg](https://resources.cdn.yaclass.in/68bd33e7-23b8-43b3-8ee4-194f81a6d5c2/weatherw200jpg.jpg)
- Chances that he/she wins or loses a game.
![win lose.jpg](https://resources.cdn.yaclass.in/32a22d4c-5bfa-4e60-a6dc-e6fb8805933b/winlosew200jpg.jpg)
- Chances that the train would arrive late to the station.
![train.jpg](https://resources.cdn.yaclass.in/5e3508c5-81e6-41f4-82cc-d7569edbbd3f/trainw200jpg.jpg)
- Chances of getting an expected question in the examination.
![Question.jpg](https://resources.cdn.yaclass.in/7fa17a0a-135a-44b5-961f-cd54119b27dd/Questionw200jpg.jpg)
- Chances that a political party wins or loses in the election.
![Vote.jpg](https://resources.cdn.yaclass.in/d028a62d-9a38-4a6e-8313-23f545bd3dc6/Votew200jpg.jpg)
- Chances of getting a head or a tail in tossing a coin.
![tossing.jpg](https://resources.cdn.yaclass.in/3e9f26f9-24e2-49e3-b91c-4bac4f6ef318/tossingw200jpg.jpg)
- Chances that we would win in a lottery.
![lottery.jpg](https://resources.cdn.yaclass.in/ff869689-48e4-4523-8e28-3e4ba1418dec/lotteryw200jpg.jpg)
- Chances of drawing the expected card from the deck, etc.
![cards.jpg](https://resources.cdn.yaclass.in/697a5b3a-ab5d-4054-b7bd-fdd585d2c29c/cardsw200jpg.jpg)
How do we relate chance and probability?
Probability is a mathematical term of expressing the chance or predicting the happening of an event mathematically.
Consider the example of playing cards, the probability that the drawn card is a king of hearts is given by \(\frac{1}{52}\) where \(52\) is the total number of cards in a deck.
Thus, chances and probability are related to real-life right from childbirth in predicting whether the baby is a boy or a girl to the person's death, whether death is natural or accidental.