Anyone know if this is correct and why?
In a tire factory, a machine is responsible for molding the tire. It has a failure rate of 0.2%. If 1000 tires are produced in a day, and 6 are faulty. What is the difference between the experimental probability and the theoretical probability?
0.4%

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Anyone know if this is correct and why?
In a  tire factory, a machine is responsible for molding the tire. It has a failure rate of 0.2%. If 1000 tires are produced in a day, and 6 are faulty.  What is the difference between the experimental probability and the theoretical probability? 
0.4%

phi · Answer

theoretically  0.2% times 1000 or  0.2/100 * 1000 = 0.2*10 = 2
observed:  6
difference is 6-2 = 4

yes, 4 is correct.

kitkat16 · Answer

Thanks!!!