Using an online spinner generator, create a spinner with 5 equal sections and label the sections with Pancakes, Eggs, Cereal, Oatmeal, and Others. Use the spinner to simulate 200 trials of random selection of breakfast foods.

Question

Fill in the table to keep track of the information you gather. Calculate the corresponding percentages. Do the results agree with the theoretical probability of each outcome?

Table 2.1 Simulating the Random Selection of Breakfast Foods

Types of breakfast foods Pancakes Eggs Cereal Oatmeal Others
Number of people
Percentages

Answer 1

Types of breakfast foods | Pancakes | Eggs | Cereal | Oatmeal | Others
Number of people | 36 | 41 | 39 | 40 | 44
Percentages | 18% | 20.5% | 19.5% | 20% | 22%

The results do not exactly agree with the theoretical probability of each outcome, which should be 20% for each option if they were equally likely. However, the differences are not significant and can be attributed to random variations in the sampling process.