Elena rolled a number cube 50 times and recorded the results in this table.

Outcome Number
1 6
2 11
3 5
4 8
5 13
6 7

What is the theoretical probability of the cube landing on a 5?
What is the experimental probability of the cube landing on a 5?

Question

Elena rolled a number cube 50 times and recorded the results in this table. 
 
Outcome	Number
1	6
2	11
3	5
4	8
5	13
6	7
 
What is the theoretical probability of the cube landing on a 5? 
What is the experimental probability of the cube landing on a 5?

dan815 · Answer

5 came up 13 times out of how many total rolls

dan815 · Answer

she rolled a total of 50 times and since 5 came up 13 times
prof of 5 = 13/50

dan815 · Answer

that is the experimental prob

dan815 · Answer

theoretically, if the dice are fair. there are 6 sides and 5 is just 1 of the side so
1/6 prob of landing a 5

dan815 · Answer

that should say prob* of 5=

dan815 · Answer

do you want a link that explains all this stuff really well?

dan815 · Answer

http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Videos/index.php?type=counting

anonymous · Answer

I'm confused

kainui · Answer

Since when did they start calling them number cubes?

dan815 · Answer

haha i was thinking that too lol, they really wanted to drive the fact that a cube had 6 faces home