Probability equations serve an important purpose when it comes to evaluating disaster risk. For example, the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management calculates risk by multiplying the ...

Probability and Statistics Group research at the School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh.

Going back to some of the most common equations you may have learned in high school, Study.com collected a list of ways math still impacts our daily lives.

Let's say I roll two dice, a d8 and a d12… How do I calculate the probability that the d12 will a) win, b) be equal, c) lose? There is probably a name for this equation, but my google-fu is lacking.

Probability equations serve an important purpose when it comes to evaluating disaster risk. For example, the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management calculates risk by multiplying the ...

Going back to some of the most common equations you may have learned in high school, Study.com collected a list of ways math still impacts our daily lives.