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Josh used a standard deck of 52 cards to conduct an experiment. Half of the cards in the deck were red. The other half were black. Josh predicted that he would choose a red card in 4 out of 8 trials. When he conducted the experiment, he actually chose a red card 6 out of 8 times. Which explains the most likely reason for the discrepancy between Josh’s predicted and actual results?

He incorrectly predicted the number of times he would choose a red card.
He incorrectly determined the actual number of times he chose a red card.
He used too few trials for the sample space.
He used too many trials for the sample space.

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Explanation:

He used too few trials for the sample space.

If he conducts a lot more trials, his results will be closer to 50% red

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