More trials, better estimate
Ten tosses can easily give 7 heads. A thousand will be very close to half. Watch the line settle onto the theoretical probability as the trials add up.
Toss coins, roll dice, spin a spinner or pick counters from a bag — once or a thousand times — and watch the experimental results move towards the theoretical probability.
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Ten tosses can easily give 7 heads. A thousand will be very close to half. Watch the line settle onto the theoretical probability as the trials add up.
A total of 7 can be made six ways (1+6, 2+5 …) but 2 only one way, so 7 is six times as likely. The two-dice chart shows the triangle shape building up.
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