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Please help...Experimental Probability and Theoretical Probability..I'm getting the wrong answer

Please help...Experimental Probability and Theoretical Probability..I'm getting the-example-1

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Answer:

(a) 0.413

(b) 0.400

(c) 1 — ... the difference should be small

Explanation:

Given a table of experimental results from 1000 spins and a diagram of a spinner, you want the experimental and theoretical probabilities of landing on Red. You also want a statement comparing them.

(a) Experimental

The table tells you 1000 experiments resulted in 413 reds. The experimental probability of landing on red is ...

413/1000 = 0.413

(b) Theoretical

The diagram of the spinner shows 10 equal segments, of which 4 are red. The theoretical probability of landing on red is ...

4/10 = 0.400

(c) Comparison

The presumption in statistics is that any experiment repeated a sufficient number of times should see experimental results approaching theoretical results. We expect a small difference between experimental and theoretical results for a large number of trials.

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