Basic Probability Concepts

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[Verse 1]
Sarah flips a coin at breakfast time
Heads or tails, each outcome's prime
Fifty-fifty split divides the space
Sample space contains each possible case
Events are subsets we define with care
Mutually exclusive means they never share

[Chorus]
Add when events can't happen together
Multiply when they're linked like tethered weather
P of A plus P of B, minus overlap you see
That's the addition rule's decree
P of A times P of B, when independence runs free
Multiplication's harmony

[Verse 2]
Rolling dice, the outcomes dance
Six faces give each number chance
When events share common ground
Intersection must be found
Union means at least one occurs
Complement flips what probability infers

[Chorus]
Add when events can't happen together
Multiply when they're linked like tethered weather
P of A plus P of B, minus overlap you see
That's the addition rule's decree
P of A times P of B, when independence runs free
Multiplication's harmony

[Bridge]
Given information changes everything we know
Conditional probability makes the numbers flow
P of A given B equals intersection's share
Divided by P of B, handle with special care
Total probability breaks down the maze
Partition sample space in non-overlapping ways

[Verse 3]
Tom draws cards without replacement
Each draw shifts the next event's placement
First card Ace, now fifty-one remain
Three Aces left, the odds have changed their reign
Bayes' theorem flips the question round
Prior times likelihood, normalization's sound

[Chorus]
Add when events can't happen together
Multiply when they're linked like tethered weather
P of A plus P of B, minus overlap you see
That's the addition rule's decree
P of A times P of B, when independence runs free
Multiplication's harmony

[Outro]
Probability's foundation built on logic's frame
Addition, multiplication, conditional game
Master these rules and watch uncertainty bend
To mathematical precision that never pretends

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