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Even chance — Edexcel GCSE Statistics Definition | GradeGen

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GCSE Statistics · key term

Even chance

Definition

An event is equally likely to happen as not to happen; its probability is $\frac{1}{2}=0.5=50\%$ . Also called ‘evens’.

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Edexcel GCSE Statistics · 1ST0

Specification 3p.02 · Paper 1, Paper 2

A fair coin has an even chance of landing heads: heads and tails are equally likely.
Revise: Probability scale and likelihood

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