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    The document discusses why it is not fair to compare probabilities between two situations that have a different number of possible outcomes. It provides an example where situation a has 6 possible outcomes from rolling a die, while situation b has 8 possible outcomes. It then shows some examples of outcomes from different situations without definitive conclusions.

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    The document discusses why it is not fair to compare probabilities between two situations that have a different number of possible outcomes. It provides an example where situation a has 6 possible outcomes from rolling a die, while situation b has 8 possible outcomes. It then shows some examples of outcomes from different situations without definitive conclusions.

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    The document discusses why it is not fair to compare probabilities between two situations that have a different number of possible outcomes. It provides an example where situation a has 6 possible outcomes from rolling a die, while situation b has 8 possible outcomes. It then shows some examples of outcomes from different situations without definitive conclusions.

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    of 7

    Yes it's not fair because the

    amount of numbers is diffrent.


    a) 6 outcomes: 1,2,3,4,5,6
    b) 8 outcomes: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8

    4 times Greens, 1 time yellow, 2


    times orange

    2 times Greens, 1 time yellow 2 times Greens, 3 times yellow 2 times Greens, 3 times yellow
    3 times orange

    S,P,I,N,E,R
    M,A,T,H,S E,V,N,T
    ME
    P,R,O,B,A,I,L,T,Y

    ME

    not

    not

    ME
    not

    ME

    Wrong, because prime number on


    a dice are 2,3,5 and they are not
    square.

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