Theoretical vs. Experimental Probability

What type of probability is used to find the probability of an event when all outcomes are equally as likely. "What COULD happen"

• Experimental Probability

• Theoretical Probability

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What type of probability is a way of estimating the probability of an event happening based on repeated trials?

• Experimental Probabillity

• Theoretical Probability

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Theoretically, what is the probability that you will land on a 3?

• 25%

• 50%

• 75%

• 0%

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Kate spun the spinner 75 times and landed on "3" thirty times.

What is the experimental probability as a percentage?

• 20%

• 30%

• 40%

• 50%

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What is the theoretical probability of rolling a 5 on a dice?

• 1/6

• 5/6

• 6

• 15

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Jill rolled a "5" fifteen times out of 20 rolls on a dice.

What is the experimental probability as a SIMPLIFIED FRACTION!

• 3/7

• 3/6

• 3/5

• 3/4

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Shannon has a bag of jelly beans.

5 Green

2 Red

3 Blue

What is the theoretical probability of her selecting a red jelly bean? SIMPLIFY YOUR ANSWER

• 11/33

• 2/10

• 1/5

• 23/30

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Shannon has a bag of jelly beans.

5 Green

2 Red

3 Blue

What is the experimental probability of her selecting a red jelly bean?

• 1/4

• 1/5

• 1/5

• 23/30

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On a regular number cube, what is P(rolling a number greater than 4)? 

(Reduce Fraction)

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Determine the type of probability:

Damon flipped a coin 50 times and got 31 heads.

Based on the results, the probability of heads is 31/50, or 62%.

• Theoretical Probability

• Experimental Probability

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