Abstract
Almost everyone uses the language and ideas of probability:
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“There is a 20% chance of rain tomorrow.”
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“The probability that the baby will be a boy is slightly more than half.”
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“What is the probability of passing this course?”
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Driver, R.D. (1984). Probability. In: Why Math?. Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1108-2_12
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