Question

Alinn flipped a coin 20 times. The coin landed heads up 12 times and tails up 8 times.

Part A: Based on the results, what is the experimental probability of the coin landing heads up? Show your work. (5 points)

Part B: What is the theoretical probability of the coin landing heads up? Show your work. (5 points)

Answer 1

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Answer 2

second part should be easy right? coin has two sides and is fair

Answer 3

oh yeah part b im okay with c:

Answer 4

what do you think that is as a probability ?

Answer 5

for part b?

Answer 6

first part is "relative frequency":
favorable over total

Answer 7

i only see A and B
B is clearly \(\frac{1}{2}\)

Answer 8

so for part a i put relative frequency

Answer 9

12/20 is the "relative frequency"

Answer 10

thats what i would put c:

Answer 11

????????

Answer 12

i would probably reduce the fraction

Answer 13

\[\frac{12}{20}=\frac{3}{5}\]

Answer 14

good idea