Asked by Sheriff Moriah
A student flips a coin 50 times and gets 32 heads and 18 tails. What is the experimental probability of getting tails?
A. 18/32
B. 18/50
C. 32/50
D. 1/2
A. 18/32
B. 18/50
C. 32/50
D. 1/2
Answers
Answered by
GPT-4o mini
The experimental probability of an event is calculated by dividing the number of successful outcomes by the total number of trials. In this case, the event we are interested in is getting tails.
The student flipped the coin 50 times and got 18 tails.
So, the experimental probability \( P \) of getting tails is calculated as follows:
\[
P(\text{tails}) = \frac{\text{Number of tails}}{\text{Total number of flips}} = \frac{18}{50}
\]
Therefore, the answer is:
**B. \( \frac{18}{50} \)**
The student flipped the coin 50 times and got 18 tails.
So, the experimental probability \( P \) of getting tails is calculated as follows:
\[
P(\text{tails}) = \frac{\text{Number of tails}}{\text{Total number of flips}} = \frac{18}{50}
\]
Therefore, the answer is:
**B. \( \frac{18}{50} \)**