Monday, May 20, 2013

Interactive Probability Video - due Wednesday, May 22nd.

http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/mesg/html/math6web/index.html?page=lessons&lesson=m6lessonshell19.swf
Explain the difference between theoretical and experimental probability.  Post your answer.

5 comments:

  1. Theoretical Probability for an event is:
    The number of possible outcomes in which the event does occur
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    The total number of all possible outcomes

    Experimental probability for an event is:
    the number of times right
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    number of times tried

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  2. In the video it says
    Theoretical probability for an event is...
    The number of possible outcomes in which an event does occur
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    The total number of possible outcomes

    In the video it doesn't explain experimental probability so I will tell you in my own words.

    Experimental probability is when you actually do the experiment to figure out the answer.

    ex. if you had a spinner and two thirds were orange and one third was red you and you spun it three times you would get orange 2/3 and red 1/3 times but with experimental you actually do the experiment and you might get orange 3/3 times!

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  3. Theoretical probability:

    Number of possible outcomes of which an event can occur
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    The number of possible outcomes

    Experimental:

    Number of times something happened
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    Number of times tried

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  4. Experimental probability is:

    Favorable outcomes
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    Possible outcomes



    Theoretical probability is:

    The reasonable (mathematical) chance of something happening


    Say you were tossing a coin. The theoretical chance of landing on heads is ½.
    You experiment with this. You toss the coin 10 times. Say it lands on heads only 3 times.
    The experimental probability of landing on heads is 3/10 but the theoretical probability of landing on heads is ½.

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  5. Theoretical Probability is a reasonable guess of what the possible chance of each outcome is. For example, say if I want to role a dice 3 times and roll a 5 twice, the the chances of rolling a five is 3/18. Experimental probability, however, is when you actually roll the dice, and record the results. So, if I rolled the dice 3 times and rolled a 5 twice, then my chances were 2/18. -The Awesome Aidan

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