Question

Claudia dumped her 200-penny coin collection on the floor and counted the number of pennies that landed heads up. Claudia repeated this process 5 times and had an average of 84 pennies landing heads up on each try. Which of the following statements is true?A. Each penny has a greater probability of landing heads up than tails up.B. If Claudia had repeated this process more times, the average number of pennies landing heads up would be closer to 100.C. The theoretical probability of a penny landing heads up is 21/50.D. If Claudia had repeated this process fewer times, the average number of pennies landing heads up would be closer to 100.

Answer 1

Given:

Claudia dumped her 200-penny coin.

Claudia repeated this process 5 times and had an average of 84 pennies landing heads up.

The theoretical probability of a penny landing heads up is 21/50.

Option C is the final answer.