Expected Value and Games of Chance

Poll

Flip your coin and record the result of heads or tails.

Flip it a second time and record the result again.

Flip your coin six times in total.

How many "tails" results did you get in your six flips?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

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Keep flipping your coin another 14 times for a total of twenty flips and then type how many results of "tails" you recorded in 20 flips.

Open Ended

What does the phrase, "a fair coin" mean?

Open Ended

Some people claim that for things that can happen or not happen there is always a "fifty-fifty" chance. Is this true? Give an example to support your assertion.

Open Ended

According to the Book of Odds 61% of US adults usually eat breakfast to start their day. What does this probability mean?

Multiple Choice

If a hundred people are randomly chosen will exactly 61 of them "usually eat breakfast"

• Yes, Exactly.

• Theoretical and Experimental Probabilities are not the same.

• Depends on what time of day they choose the people

• I like waffles

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