Markov’s Inequality

For any random variable XX which only takes non-negative values, and any positive tt, Pr[Xt]𝔼[X]t\mathrm{Pr}[X \geq t]\leq \frac{\mathbb{E}[X]}{t}

equivalently, Pr[Xα𝔼[X]]1α\mathrm{Pr}[X \geq \alpha\cdot\mathbb{E}[X]]\leq\frac{1}{\alpha}


Example of Concentration inequality