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The concept of sets is useful when thinking about the number of ways an experimental trial can turn out. If P is the soa possible outcomes and all are equally probable, andF is the subset which we consider favourable, then we can define theprobability of a favourable event as
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Bowran, A.P. (1965). Choice and Chance. In: A Boolean Algebra. Introductory Monographs in Mathematics. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-00216-0_6
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