a spinner has 5 sections of equal size labled p,q,r,s,t. the arrow was spun 15 times and landed 4 times on q. which best describes the experimental probability and theoretical probability of the section labled q
+130466 The experimental probability of the spinner "landing in q"....also kwown as the empirical probabilty....is 4/15
The theoretical probability is just 3/15.......since we expect that the spinner will land in any area 1/5 of the time.....then it should land in each area an equal number of times (once) in any five spins.
The "theoretical" probability is what we expect to happen......the "experimental" probabilty is what actually does happen.
BTW.......as the number of spins increase to some "large number" the empirical probability tends toward the theoretical probabiity.
+130466 The experimental probability of the spinner "landing in q"....also kwown as the empirical probabilty....is 4/15
The theoretical probability is just 3/15.......since we expect that the spinner will land in any area 1/5 of the time.....then it should land in each area an equal number of times (once) in any five spins.
The "theoretical" probability is what we expect to happen......the "experimental" probabilty is what actually does happen.
BTW.......as the number of spins increase to some "large number" the empirical probability tends toward the theoretical probabiity.
