Question

Peter is interested in designing an experiment to test the probability of tossing a certain number on a fair cube. He will toss one cube 10 times in a row and count how many times the cube lands on the number 6. What is one aspect of this experiment he can change to make the results even more accurate?

A. He can toss more than one cube.
B. He can use a number other than 6 to count.
C. He can toss the cube more than 10 times.
D. He can time the experiment.

Answer 1

C. He can toss the cube more than 10 times.

Explanation:

Accuracy of experiments:

The more trials you make in a single experiment, the more accurate it will be. In probability terms, the more trials there is, the closer the experimental probability(found with the experiments) will be to the theoretical probability(calculated before the experiments).

In this question:

To make the results more accurate, more trials should be held, that is, the cube should be tossed more times, which means that the correct answer is given by option C.