Example 2 - Chapter 7 - The Mathematics of Maybe: Introduction to Probability

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Suppose you roll a die 50 times, and it lands on a 4 exactly 8 times. - Experimental and Theoretical Probability

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Example 2 Suppose you roll a die 50 times, and it lands on a 4 exactly 8 times. Find Experimental probability of rolling a 4 Now, Experimental probability of rolling a 4 = (𝑁𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠 4 𝑜𝑐𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑠)/(𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑠) = 8/50 = 𝟒/𝟐𝟓 = 𝟎.𝟏𝟔

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