5.1.3

Experimental Probability

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Experimental Probability

You may be given the results of an experiment and be asked to calculate the possibility of an event happening. This is called experimental probability.

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Example question - rolling dice

  • Jack rolled a fair dice 20 times.
  • Rolling an even number was recorded as a ‘win’ and rolling an odd number as a ‘lose’. The results are displayed in this table.
    • What is the experimental probability of a 'win'?
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Experimental probability equation

  • To answer this question, you need to know the equation for experimental probability.
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Probability of a win

  • The number of 'wins' is 12.
  • The number of trials is 20.
    • So the probability of a win is 1220.
    • This fraction can be simplified to 35.

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