What is the classical definition of probability?
Probability is defined as the number of successful outcomes divided by the total number of equally likely outcomes. Unlike the relative frequency approach, the classical method allows probabilites to be assigned to single events. For example, if we wished to determine the probability of drawing an Ace of Spades from a randomly shuffled single deck of cards, we would divide the number of favorable cases, by the total number of equally possible cases. We know there are 52 possible outcomes, only one of which is favorable; consequently, the probability of drawing an Ace of Spades from a single deck is 1/52.
