Compare the likelihood of the following four events and list them from least likely…

MATHEMATICS · Subjective · GCSE · Mathematics · Probability · Probability

Problem

Compare the likelihood of the following four events and list them from least likely to most likely. Show brief working. Event A: getting a tail when a fair coin is tossed once. Event B: getting a multiple of 3 when a fair die is rolled once. Event C: drawing a red ball from a bag containing 8 red and 4 blue balls. Event D: drawing a king from a standard deck of 52 playing cards.

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