Experimental & Theoretical Probability
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- Q1What is experimental Probability?What should happenWhat does happen300s
- Q2What is theoretical probability?What should happenWhat does happen300s
- Q3Determine which scenario represents theoretical probability?You flip a coin 7 times and 4 of the times it lands tails up. What is your probability of tails up?You flip a coin 11 times and 4 of the times it lands tails up. What is your probability of heads up?You roll a number cube 8 times and rolled a 6 two of those times. What is your probability of rolling a 6?What is the probability of rolling a 6 on a number cube?300s
- Q4Here are the results from the experiment. How many times was a number cube rolled?3621576300s
- Q5Using the same experiment, what was the experimental probability of rolling a 3?1/69/362/363/6300s
- Q6What was the theoretical probability of rolling a 3 on a number cube?9/361/63/62/36300s
- Q7Dale conducted an experiment with the students in his classes to observe the distribution of eye color. The table shows the results of his experiment. What is the probability that a student has blue or green eyes?14/802/8012/8058/80300s
- Q8If the distribution of eye color in Dale's grade is similar to the distribution in his classes, about how many of the 400 students in his grade would be expected to have brown eyes?290 students70 students58 students60 students300s
- Q9You plant 30 African violet seeds and 9 of them sprout. Use experimented probability to predict how many will sprout if you plant 20 seeds?18 sprouts3 sprouts9 sprouts6 sprouts300s
- Q10Right now, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have a record of 7 wins and 5 losses, if they continue to play at this rate, how many games would you expect them to win if they play a total of 24 games?14 wins2 wins18 wins10 wins300s
- Q11Fill in the blank for the following situation. The letters in the word PARALLELOGRAM are put into a hat. The letters are randomly picked out 50 times. The letter L appears 11 times. The experimental probability is _____________ the theoretical probability.Greater thanLess thanEqual to300s
- Q12Using the following tree diagram, how many sandwich combinations can be made if only one bread, one meat and one cheese are used?12 sandwiches6 sandwiches18 sandwiches10 sandwiches300s
- Q13Using the following tree diagram, what is the probability that someone would order a sandwich with Turkey? (Simplify)1/41/31/123/10300s
- Q14Suzy is trying to figure out what to wear to work. The table, has a list of the different possibilities for her to choose from. How many outfits can make if she wears one shirt, pair of pants, and shoes?24 outfits9 outfits12 outfits32 outfits300s
