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toss one dime and roll one die. Predict how many times you would flip heads and roll an odd number in 120 tries.

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To predict the number of times you would flip heads and roll an odd number in 120 tries, we need to consider the probabilities of each event happening.

Flipping a fair dime:

The probability of flipping heads on a fair dime is 1/2, since there are two possible outcomes (heads or tails) and they are equally likely. Therefore, in 120 tries, we would expect to get heads approximately (1/2) * 120 = 60 times.

Rolling a fair six-sided die:

The probability of rolling an odd number on a fair six-sided die is 3/6, or simplified, 1/2. Out of the six possible outcomes (numbers 1 to 6), three of them are odd (1, 3, 5). Therefore, in 120 tries, we would expect to roll an odd number approximately (1/2) * 120 = 60 times.

So, based on these probabilities, we would predict to flip heads and roll an odd number approximately 60 times each in 120 tries.

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