# Markov inequality

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[Catalogue presentation and source-binding data](https://ocme.evemisslab.com/data/i18n/catalogue.en.json)



## [Markov inequality](https://ocme.evemisslab.com/en/atlas/atlas-markov-inequality/)

For a nonnegative random variable with finite expectation, its tail probability at a positive threshold is at most E[X] divided by that threshold.

atlas-markov-inequality · canonical_mko

[Markov inequality](https://ocme.evemisslab.com/en/mko/mko-markov-inequality/)

## Prerequisite nodes


- [Real random variables on finite sample spaces](https://ocme.evemisslab.com/en/atlas/atlas-random-variable/)
- [Expectation in finite models](https://ocme.evemisslab.com/en/atlas/atlas-expectation/)
- [Probability on finite sample spaces](https://ocme.evemisslab.com/en/atlas/atlas-probability/)
- [Usual order on the real numbers](https://ocme.evemisslab.com/en/atlas/atlas-order-relation/)