Question

1. What is the theoretical probability that the family has two dogs or two cats?

2.
Describe how to use two coins to simulate which two pets the family has.
3. Flip both coins 50 times and record your data in a table
like the one below.
Frequency
Result
Heads, Heads
Heads, Tails
Tails. Heads
Tails. Tails
Total
50
4
Based on your data, what is the experimental probability that the family has two dogs or
two cats?
5
If the family has three pets, what is the theoretical probability that they have three dogs or
three cats?
How could you change the simulation to generate data for three pets
6

Answer 1

let dogs be heads. Let cats be tails. A coin has two sides, in which you are flipping two of them. Note that there can be the possible outcomes

h-h, h-t, t-h, t-t.

How this affects the possibility of two dogs & two cats. Note that there are 1/2 a chance of getting those two (with the others being one of each), which means that out of 4 chances, 2 are allowed.

2/4 = 1/2

50% is your answer

Heads represents cats and tails represents dogs. There is two coins because we are checking the probability of two pets. You have to do the experiment to get your set of data, once you get your set of data, you will be able to divide it into the probability for cats or dogs. To change the simulation to generate data for 3 pets, simply add a new coin and category for the new pet.

Hope this helps you out!