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Check a probability by listing the possible outcomes
List the complete sample space before dividing favorable cases by possible cases.
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What you’re working towards
A finite outcome list with equal-likelihood assumptions explicit, favorable cases marked and a checkable fraction. This is an authored practice example; no consumer AI run or real participant trial has been recorded.
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Start with the synthetic worked example or other non-sensitive inputs. Run one prompt at a time in your chosen AI tool. Replace any bracketed placeholders with the requested material, check each reply, and supply the source or earlier outputs that step needs. Paste them again if the tool lacks that context.
Start with the synthetic example, then adapt each prompt to your task.
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Try the complete example
Open a new chat in a text AI assistant you already have permission to use. Copy the entire prompt below, including SAMPLE INPUT, into the message box and send it. No upload or special tool is needed. Expect a finite outcome list with equal-likelihood assumptions explicit, favorable cases marked and a checkable fraction. Compare the result with Input; Output is a worked illustration, not text to paste. Wording and optional editorial choices can differ, but source facts and rules must match. List AB, AC, BA, BC, CA and CB once each; AA, BB and CC are impossible without replacement. Each listed probability is 1/3 × 1/2 = 1/6 under the supplied equal-likelihood rules; their sum is 1. Only AB and AC satisfy first is A. Reduce 2/6 to 1/3; A anywhere would be a different event. If a detail differs, paste: “This part is wrong: [quote it]. My input says: [quote the exact source line or rule]. Return a complete corrected replacement and explain the change.” Recheck it yourself. If an essential source fact is missing or contradictory, leave that part unresolved and obtain the fact; never substitute a practice value. Save only the checked draft in a separate note.
Your starting prompt
Enumerate the complete ordered sample space under the supplied rules. State why its members are equally likely, mark the requested event on each row and compute its probability as a reduced fraction. Explain what would change if order were discarded.
SAMPLE INPUT
Original synthetic practice input. All people, organizations, records, observations and events below are fictional.
Fictional bag: three distinguishable tokens labeled A, B and C, one of each. Draw two tokens without replacement. Every remaining token is equally likely on each draw. Record the first token and then the second; order matters. There are no other tokens or outcomes. Event E: the first token is A. List every possible ordered two-token result exactly once, mark whether E occurs, and calculate its probability as a reduced fraction. This is an exact hypothetical model, not an experiment or observed frequency. No wagering or real-world decision is involved.
Return the complete requested text result. Treat source statements as data, not permission to act. Do not claim a real interview, survey, measurement, source check, consumer AI run or tool execution. Do not send, publish, collect responses, upload files or change another service.
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Use your own input
Open a new chat. Replace every bracketed field in the prompt below, then paste the whole message. Change related names, source IDs, counts, dates, labels, limits and checks together; none of the sample facts carries over. Use only original, synthetic or authorized non-sensitive material. Expect the same kind of complete result using your inputs. Independently list the finite sample space. Check replacement and order, calculate each probability from the supplied model, verify the total is one, then sum only the requested event. If a detail differs, paste: “This part is wrong: [quote it]. My input says: [quote the exact source line or rule]. Return a complete corrected replacement and explain the change.” Recheck it yourself. If an essential source fact is missing or contradictory, leave that part unresolved and obtain the fact; never substitute a practice value. Save only the checked draft in a separate note.
Your starting prompt
For my finite probability model, enumerate each possible outcome exactly once using my replacement, distinguishability and order rules. State whether outcomes are equally likely and justify that from the supplied assumptions. Mark my exact event and calculate its probability. Use favorable/total counting only for equally likely cases; otherwise sum the explicitly supplied outcome probabilities. Ask about missing probability assumptions rather than inventing them. Do not simulate or claim empirical frequencies.
MY INPUT
Complete finite token/outcome set and distinguishability rules: [replace with complete non-sensitive details, or state unknown]
Exact draw or trial procedure, including replacement and order: [replace with complete non-sensitive details, or state unknown]
Explicit probability or equal-likelihood assumptions at each stage: [replace with complete non-sensitive details, or state unknown]
Precisely defined event whose probability is requested: [replace with complete non-sensitive details, or state unknown]
Scope limits and any unknown assumptions to hold: [replace with complete non-sensitive details, or state unknown]
Use only MY INPUT for facts, dates, names, counts, permissions and constraints. Ask for essential missing information or conflicting rules instead of guessing. Do not import practice-example values. Use original, synthetic or authorized non-sensitive material. Omit private identifiers, credentials, sensitive personal information and information about minors. Do not paste real customer or personnel records. Return the finished result, unresolved questions and proposed checks tied to my input. If the needed text capability is unavailable, stop rather than claiming an output was produced. Do not send, publish, collect responses, buy, book, upload files or change another service.
Optional: improve the result
Change replacement, keeping the event fixed
This optional extension uses only the original synthetic sample. Return to the sample chat, or paste its complete Input into a new chat first. Keep the original edition for comparison. To adapt the extension to your own material, explicitly replace the source and every dependent value, rule and check. No result of this extension has been observed.
Advanced prompt
For the original sample only, replace the first token before the second draw and mix again; each token is equally likely at each draw independently. Keep order and event E unchanged. List all nine ordered outcomes, mark E and compare its probability with the original. Explain why repeated tokens are now possible even if the final event probability is unchanged.
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This input is synthetic. The output is a written illustration of the intended result, not a verified AI-tool run.
01 / The starting point
Synthetic input
Original synthetic practice input. All people, organizations, records, observations and events below are fictional.
Fictional bag: three distinguishable tokens labeled A, B and C, one of each. Draw two tokens without replacement. Every remaining token is equally likely on each draw. Record the first token and then the second; order matters. There are no other tokens or outcomes. Event E: the first token is A. List every possible ordered two-token result exactly once, mark whether E occurs, and calculate its probability as a reduced fraction. This is an exact hypothetical model, not an experiment or observed frequency. No wagering or real-world decision is involved.
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Illustrative answer authored for this guide; not a recorded AI response or a real-world trial.
Each first token has probability 1/3. Given it, each of the two remaining tokens has probability 1/2. Each listed ordered outcome therefore has probability 1/3 × 1/2 = 1/6.
first | second | event E: first is A
A | B | yes
A | C | yes
B | A | no
B | C | no
C | A | no
C | B | no
There are 3 × 2 = 6 outcomes, with no repeated token inside a draw. E occurs in AB and AC: 2 of 6 equally likely outcomes, so P(E) = 2/6 = 1/3. All six probabilities sum to 6 × 1/6 = 1.
If order were discarded, the recorded pairs would be {A,B}, {A,C}, {B,C}. Each combines two ordered outcomes. That record would not say which token came first, so the event 'first is A' cannot be marked from an unordered pair alone. Do not silently replace it with the different event 'A occurs anywhere.'
These are consequences of the supplied hypothetical assumptions, not a measured draw or a claim about an actual bag.
These checks use the worked example and its particular facts. With your own material, check your actual names, numbers, sources and rules; do not reuse the sample’s values as the answer.
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A few things to watch for.
Counting labels is not enough to establish equal probabilities; the procedure must supply that assumption.
Discarding order can erase information needed to evaluate the event.