Complement, A'
What Complement, A' means in Mathematics GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Elements of the universal set that do not belong to A.
All outcomes in the sample space that are not in A.
Topics that use Complement, A'
- Probability (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- bias
- Conditional probability
- Equally likely outcomes
- Event
- Expected frequencies
- Expected frequency
- expected outcomes
- Fair randomising device
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