document.write( "Question 734283: Provide an example of what differentiates a “Probability” from a “Probability Distribution”. In your example identify both the probability and the probability distribution.
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I think what this question is getting at is that a probability refers to the odds that a specific outcome happens, while the probability distribution gives the probabilities of all possible outcomes.
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