Use the tables to answer the question.

Question

Simon’s Results

  Number of White Balls Selected Number of Red Balls Selected
Bowl A 5 15
Bowl B 16 4
Clark’s Results

  Number of White Balls Selected Number of Red Balls Selected
Bowl A 45 55
Bowl B 60 40
Bowls A and B contain a number of white and red balls. Simon and Clark repeatedly selected a ball from both bowls and recorded the results in a table. Whose results will give you a better indication about the proportion of white and red balls in each bowl? Explain your answer.

(1 point)
Responses

Simon’s experiment. He conducted a greater number of trials than Clark.
Simon’s experiment. He conducted a greater number of trials than Clark.

Neither; they conducted the same number of trials.
Neither; they conducted the same number of trials.

Clark’s experiment. He conducted a greater number of trials than Simon.
Clark’s experiment. He conducted a greater number of trials than Simon.

Both results can be used, as they performed the experiment at

Answer 1

different scales. Simon's results can give a better indication of the proportion of white and red balls in each bowl because he conducted a greater number of trials, providing a more comprehensive sample size. Clark's results, on the other hand, may not be as reliable due to the smaller number of trials conducted.