Question

The theoretical probability of landing on tails is 1/2. What is the EXPERIMENTAL probability of 'tails' shown below? ***write your answer as a FRACTION with a "/"* Flip 1 2 3 4 5 Result H T T H H Flip 6 7 8 9 10 Result H H T H T Flip 11 12 13 14 15 Result I T T T H Flip 16 17 17 18 19 19 20 Result T H H T H​

Answer 1

The experimental probability of flipping tails is 40%. Mentor: The experimental probabilities were 40% tails and 60% heads. This does not precisely match with the theoretical probability of 50% tails and 50% heads.

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