Math puritans can start with Georg Cantor’s Set Theory. Others can think of SET as a collection of distinct elements.
The fruit basket in your house is a set of fruits consisting of apples, bananas, and grapes – {apple, banana, grapes}.
After work, you can visit a local hangout place where you find a set of people interested in alcohol or food or both.
The vowels in English alphabets are a set {a, e, i, o, u}. The English alphabets are a set {a, b, c, …, x, y, z}.
The outcomes of a coin toss are a set {Head, Tail}.
In the game of Monopoly, you move by the outcomes of the dice. These outcomes are a set of number combinations – {(1,1), (1,2) … (6,6)}.
We all tried rolling a double to get out of jail. Did you know that the odds of getting out of jail by rolling a double are only 16.6%?
There are six possible doubles (see the red background combinations along the diagonal – {(1,1), (2,2), (3,3), (4,4), (5,5), (6,6)}) when you roll two dice. The entire set of possible combinations are 36. The odds are 6/36. Maybe you should have paid the $50 to get out of jail immediately.
Think about sets and possible outcomes in whatever you do this week — Happy President’s Day.
Speaking of Presidents, you should have already imagined a Set of
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A bit dissapointed about this lesson since it is now about 15 years late to realize that dances were as low as 16.6%… Other than that, I can be considered one of those that is obsessed with organization, from my locker and book shelves, to my bedroom, my life is an illustration of that “set” up.
A bit dissapointed about this lesson since it is now about 15 years late to realize that chances were as low as 16.6%… Other than that, I can be considered one of those that is obsessed with organization, from my locker and book shelves, to my bedroom, my life is an illustration of that “set” up.