document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=74924>Question 74924</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Identify probability values. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Which of the following values cannot be probabilities? and why?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "0, 1, -1, 2, 0.0123, 3/5, 5/3, <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "All are valid probabilities except the following 3:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-1 is not a probability.  A probability is always a positive value (zero included). It<BR>\n" );
document.write( "makes no sense to say that the chances of an event occurring are minus 1 (or minus any number<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Also 2 is not a probability.  The most the probability of an event occurring can be is 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "which means the event has a 100% probability of happening.  But 2 is greater than 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so it cannot be a probability.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Finally, 5/3 is not a probability for the same reason that 2 is not a probability.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It is greater than 1.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps you understand probability a little better. </SPAN>\n" );
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