Question

When a piece of buttered bread falls on the ground, the probability that it will land buttered- side down is 5/6. If a buttered piece of bread is dropped six times, what type of simulation should be used to predict the number of times it will land buttered-side down?
A. flip a coin six times and record the number of heads
B. roll a die and record the number of times a 1 is rolled
C. flip a coin and roll a die
D. choose a ticket from a hat with tickets numbered from 1 to 30

Answer 1

Hi! Do you have any guesses?

Answer 2

i was thinking maybe B... but i am not sure...

Answer 3

I think B is the best answer, but it's misleading. Like, the number of times 1 is rolled would be how many times it lands butter-side up.

Both
"landing butter-side up"
and
"getting '1' from a die roll"
have a 1/6 chance each trial.

So rolling a die can help simulate the bread flipping.

Answer 4

thank you for your help :)

Answer 5

You're welcome! :)