How do you find the difference between theoretical and experimental probabilities?

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amistre64 · Answer

subtraction maybe?  kind of a vague question

amistre64 · Answer

experimental is from data collected

theoretical is an assumption that needs no experiments.

anonymous · Answer

Theoretical probability is what should happen, in theory. If we flip a coin, we should get tails 50% of the time, or 1 out of 2 times. 
Theoretical Probability: # of favorable outcomes / # of possible outcomes

Experimental probability is a result of trials that test predictions. We flip a coin 50 times to see how often it actually lands on tails. We must do a sufficient number of experiments. 
Experimental Probability: # of favorable outcomes / # of trials....... 
Yea, thats alot of words, but thats what helped me learning that.