Verbal statements: cannot be a probability the event is very unlikely to happen 50-50 chance of happening sure to happen more likely to happen than not Probability of an Event 1/2 1/1.2 1.2 -1/2 43/47 1/79 1.0 Solution cannot be a probability : 1.2, -1/2 the event is very unlikely to happen : 1/79 50-50 chance of happening : 1/2 sure to happen : 1.0 more likely to happen than not : 43/47 Probability of an Event : 1/1.2.