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Talia tossed a penny many times. She got 20 heads and 80 tails. She said the experimental probability of getting heads was 20 80 . Explain and correct her error by completing the sentence. Enter your answer as a simplified fraction.

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Answer:

the experimental probability is 1/5

Explanation:

This is because one to calculate the experimental probability one has to divide the favorable events over the possible events, and those that Talia did were the favorable events divided the non-favorable events

20 heads and 80 tails

Faborable events = 20

Possible events = 20 + 80 = 100

20/100 = 1/5

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