Question

David, Matt, and Taylor pick a billiard ball from a bag of red, blue, and yellow balls. They pick a ball and replace it 75 times. They record their results in this table.

Billiard Ball         Times Picked

red                                24
blue                              27
yellow                           24


The relative frequency of picking a red ball is_____
A. 0.92/ B. 0.75/ C. 0.32/ D. o.11.

The relative frequency of picking a blue ball is_____
A. 0.63/ B. 0.36/ C. 0.26/D. 0.16.

The relative frequency of picking a yellow ball is______
A. 0.53/B. 0.46/C. 0.32/D. 0.24 .

The model is _____ A. Fair/ B. not a fair representation of the situation.

Answer 1

Relative frequency is the times something happened divided by the number of times the even happens in total. For example, a red ball was pulled 24 out of 75 times, so you would divide 24 by 75, getting .32
1. C
2. B
3. C
4. A