If an event can occur in ways out of equally likely outcomes of an experiment

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Problem

If an event

E

can occur in

m

ways out of

n

equally likely outcomes of an experiment, what is the classical probability

P(E)

? (a)

\dfrac{n}{m}

(b)

\dfrac{m}{n}

(c)

\dfrac{n-m}{n}

(d)

\dfrac{m}{n-1}