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What is the difference between theoretical and experimental probability?

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Explanation:

Theoretical probability is the actual chance of something happening based on raw numbers.

For example: The theoretical probability of tails on a coin flip is 1/2 or 50%. If you flipped a coin, you would expect 50% to be heads, 50% to be tails.

However, since this almost never happens, experimental probability is used to describe the actual results.

For example: If you flip the coin 50 times and 23 are tails, 27 are heads, then the experimental probability is 46% for tails and 54% for heads.

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