The probability that an event will occur is 1 over 4. which of the following best describes the likelihood of the event occurring? a. ) likely b.) certain c.) unlikely d.) impossible

D is gone. You can get the event to happen 1/4 times. So impossible is not the right word to describe it.

B by the same token as D is also gone. Your chances of not getting it is 3/4. Not even close to certainty.

So now you have to decide whether the glass you are looking at is 1/2 full or 1/2 empty -- a phrase made popular by Richard Nixon. 

A is not correct. The point is that you only have a 1/4 probability chance of having the event happen. 

That only leaves C. The chances are pretty good that the event will not happen. P(~happening) = 3/4

C <<<<<< Answer.