Question

1 point

1. To win a prize, Jada must get a ball with an even number. Should she try
to win the prize using the tank of table tennis balls or the tank of golf balls?
A large fish tank is filled with table tennis balls with numbers written on them. Jada chooses 10
table tennis balls from the tank and writes down their numbers.
1
3
5
1
3.2
4
1
5
3
A second tank is filled with golf balls with numbers written on them. Jada chooses 10 golf balls
from the tank and writes down their numbers.
1
4
5
2.
6
2
2
1
4
O Jada should use the tank of tennis balls.
O Jada should use the tank of golf balls.
1b. Explain your reasoning."

Answer 1

Explanation:

What Jada needs is a tank which gives him a higher or greater probability of selecting an even number :

Tennis balls :

Total outcome = 10

Even outcomes = (2, 4) = 2

Golf balls :

Total outcome = 10

Even outcomes = (4,2,6,2,2,4,8) = 7

Probability = number of outcomes / number of trials

For tennis balls

P(even) = 2 / 10 = 0.5

For golf :

P(even) = 7/10 = 0.