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How does the experimental probability of choosing a yellow tile compare with the theoretical probability of choosing a yellow tile

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Answer:

The experimental probability is the same as the theoretical probability.

Explanation:

The given data is:

color observed frequency relative frequency

Red 15 3/10

Blue 12 6/25

Green 8 4/25

Yellow 10 1/5

Purple 5 1/10

The experiment was repeated 50 numbers of times.

Solution:

Theoretical probability is basically what is expected to happen without experimenting and experimental probability is what actually happens as a results of an experiment.

Theoretical probability = favorable outcomes / all possible outcomes

Experimental probability = no. of times outcome occurs / no. of times

experiment is performed The experimental probability and theoretical probability are same i.e. 1/5

This can be seen from the table:

Experimental probability = 1/5

As the experiment is performed 50 times and the outcome (yellow tile) occurs 10 times so using the formula of experimental probability:

10/50 = 1/5

Now as given, there are 5 number of tiles (red,blue,green,yellow,purple) so number of possible outcomes is 5. Yellow tile among these 5 tiles is 1. So the favorable outcomes is 1. So looking at the given formula of theoretical probability:

1/5

So

experimental probability = 1/5

theoretical probability = 1/5

Hence the experimental probability is the same as the theoretical probability.

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