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Rory was with some friends outside an ice cream parlor. He noticed that one out of every four people bought a vanilla cone. He wants to know the estimated probability that five randomly picked people entering the shop will not buy vanilla cones. How could you design a simulation of the scenario?

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Answer:

Spin a spinner with four equal sections five times. On the spinner, one section represents vanilla and three sections represent other flavors.

User MAZUMA
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Answer:

"Spin the spinner 5 times with 4 equal segments. One of the segment represents vanilla on either the spinner as well as three parts reflect certain flavors" would be the right answer.

Explanation:

The actual probability of the given scenario will be:


(1-(1)/(4))^5


(1-0.25)^5


(0.75)^5

On solving the power, we get


(0.237304)

Now on multiplying the above value in 100, we get


23.73%

Approximately 23.73% chance vanilla was not chosen by either of the five. So that the above is the right answer.

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