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PROBABILITY-THREAD BARE

     

   If you toss a coin, the chance of getting a "head" is 50%.  That is , chance is 1/2 or 0.5 ( That means, if a coin is thrown 2 times, you will likely to get one head or if you toss the coin 100 times, you are likely get 50 heads ) .  The probability of getting any one (head or tail) is 100% or 1.  The probability of getting no head and no tail is zero.  Hence the limits of probability are 0 (no chance) and 1 (guaranteed).  The chance of  drawing " king of diamond" from a deck of cards is 1/52.  The chance of rolling a 'Three' in a dice game is 1/6 (since six faces).  Thus goes the probability.

     Can a child, a monkey or a blind folded man (without the knowledge of typewriting ) type a word or two correctly? Can a computer write a poem?  let us see.
    
    Let us take two words NO and YES.  What is the chance of typing 'N' randomly.  We know , it is 1/26. The chance of typing 'O' is also 1/26. Then, what is the chance of typing N and O consequently.  The multiplication rule in statistics says, it is 1/26  * 1/26 = 1/676.  It means, if you type 676 times randomly on your keyboard, you will get a 'NO' at some instant.  For 'YES" the chance is 1/26 *1/26 * 1/26 = 1/17576, it will take longer to get an 'YES'

     Machine can type in random manner fast. With proper rules (algorithm), they can coin words, sentences or even poem.