Which of these numbers of simulations of an event would be most likely to produce results that are closest to those predicted by probability theory?
A. 50
B. 60
C. 80
D. 70

Question

Which of these numbers of simulations of an event would be most likely to produce results that are closest to those predicted by probability theory?
 A.	50
 B.	60
 C.	80
 D.	70

welshfella · Answer

any idea?

if you tossed a coin   say 10  times  in theory you would have 5 T and 5 H but in practice it probably wont be what you get 

If you did 1000 tosses though - would that be closer to the theoretical value of 1/2?

thunder33 · Answer

im going to take a guess and say that the answer is C. 80