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A class tossed coins and recorded 161 heads and 179 tails. What is the experimental probability of heads? Round your answer to the nearest whole number.

A)25%
B)47%
C)53%
D)61%

User Alex Doe
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The anwser would be b 47 because of the probability of heads when your subtract the numbers times c
User Beardy
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Hello!

The experimental probability is the probability that is found from data from an experiment. We can see that a coin was flipped 340 times. Heads was flipped 161. This gives us the fraction 161/340.

Now we divide.

161/340≈0.47≈47%

Therefore,our answer is B) 47%.

I hope this helps!

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