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OpenStudy (anonymous):

I need help with ten probability, I"ll medal and fan if you'd like! :)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

A class tossed coins and recorded 161 heads and 179 tails. What is the experimental probability of tails? Round your answer to the nearest whole number. A. 25% B. 47% C. 53% D. 61%

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Is this hard or easy?

hartnn (hartnn):

experimental probability = number of passed events in the experiment / total number of events

hartnn (hartnn):

its very easy

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Ok so you divide I think.

hartnn (hartnn):

so to get experimental prob of tails, the numerator is number of tails recorded

hartnn (hartnn):

and denominator is total coin tosses = no. of tails + no. of heads

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so x/179

OpenStudy (anonymous):

179 / 161

hartnn (hartnn):

179 in the numerator is correct

hartnn (hartnn):

the denominator is TOTAL number of tosses

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok so 340

hartnn (hartnn):

yes

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so bascially 179 / 340

hartnn (hartnn):

thats correct :)

hartnn (hartnn):

to get the answer in %, multiply that answer by 100

OpenStudy (anonymous):

then the answer overall is 200, i got 2.0

hartnn (hartnn):

179/340 is NOT 2

OpenStudy (anonymous):

its 1.9

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ohhh srryyy

OpenStudy (anonymous):

its 1.0

hartnn (hartnn):

i guess you did 340/179 :P

OpenStudy (anonymous):

0.526

hartnn (hartnn):

yes, thats correct, rounded to 53%

OpenStudy (anonymous):

well then how would you solve others... the samw way?

hartnn (hartnn):

almost same way, yes

hartnn (hartnn):

depends on question

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok thanks I'm going to post the rest!!!!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

on new question

hartnn (hartnn):

sure, welcome ^_^

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