Prob – Apple Numbers '08 User Manual

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Chapter 12

Dictionary of Functions

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PROB

The PROB function calculates the probability of a range of values if you know the
probabilities of the individual values.

PROB(values, probabilities, lower, [upper])

 values: A range of cells containing data values.
 probabilities: A range of cells containing the probability of each corresponding value

in values. The sum of the probabilities must add up to 1.

 lower: The lower limit of the range for which you want to find the probability.
 upper: Optional; the upper limit of the range for which you want to find the

probability. If omitted, PROB finds the probability of the single number specified for
lower.

Examples

If cells A1:E1 contain 1/1/2000, 1/1/2010, 1/1/1999, 0.1, 0.1:

PRICEMAT(A1, B1, C1, D1, E1) returns 95.

Examples

Given the following table:

PROB(A1:A10, C1:C10, 4, 6) returns 0.3, the probability that the value is 4, 5, or 6.

PROB(A1:A10, C1:C10, 5, 9) returns 0.5, the probability that the value is 5 or greater.

PROB(A1:A10, E1:E10, 4, 6) returns 0.59, the probability that the value is 4, 5, or 6.

PROB(A1:A10, E1:E10, 6) returns 0.21, the probability that the value is 6.

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