When you calculate probability, you are attempting to figure out the likelihood of a specific event occurring, given a certain number of tries. An example is the tossing of the coin, which has a 50/50 rate of probability. It is either heads or tails.
Calculating probability is the likelihood of an event divided by the number of possible outcomes.
• These simple steps will help you calculate probability.
• Consider the impact of prior events when calculating the probability of two separate occasions.
• You will have to subtract one from the possible number of outcomes when calculating the probability of the second event.
• Multiply the probability of the second event.
• Set the odds as a ratio with a positive outcome as a numerator.
• Add the numbers to calculate the number of total outcomes.
• Add the numbers to convert the odds to probability.
• Find the odds as if you were determining the probability of a single event.
• Divide the number of potential outcomes by the number of total events to arrive at the probability.