The Singing Hedgehog Guide to:
Probability 1

Probability is all about chance or likelihood.
We can show chance on a probability scale:



This is obviously vague so we normally use a numerical scale:



Probability is mostly written as a fraction    1/2 
sometimes as a percentage                         50%
rarely as a decimal                                     0.5
NEVER as a ratio                                        1:2
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