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Every time you flip a coin it has a 50% probability that it will land on either heads or tails. You would expect to get heads about half the time and tails about half the time. What actually happens could be different from what is expected. You could get heads every time, or tails every time. Or you could get tails 75% of the time and heads 25% of the time. however, your results appear to be what you would expect, approximately 50% heads and 50% tails. You got 16 heads and 14 tails. Your percentage of heads is 16/30 x 100= 53.33... %. Your percentage of tails is 14/30 x 100 = 46.66... %.

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What is a probability of tossing exactly two heads?

Coin tosses are what we call Independent Events, meaning that the results of one toss have no effect on the next toss or any thereafter. Therefore the probability of each toss is 1/2. If, however, you want to know the probability of tossing two coins, and each coin landing heads-up, you simply multiply their probabilities together, resulting in 1/4.


The principles of probability can be used to?

predict the results of genetic crosses


How did Mendel's large sample size make his results more reliable?

it made his actual results approach the results predicted by probability.


If you flip two coins what is the probability that they will both land on tails?

When flipping two coins, each coin has two possible outcomes: heads (H) or tails (T). The total number of outcomes when flipping two coins is 2 × 2 = 4, which includes HH, HT, TH, and TT. Out of these four outcomes, only one results in both coins landing on tails (TT). Therefore, the probability of both coins landing on tails is 1 out of 4, or 25%.


What are theoretical and expierimental probability?

Theoretical probability is the probability of something occurring when the math is done out on paper or 'in theory' such as the chance of rolling a six sided dice and getting a 2 is 1/6. Experimental probability is what actually occurs during an experiment trying to determine the probability of something. If a six sided dice is rolled ten times and the results are as follows 5,2,6,2,5,3,1,4,6,1 then the probability of rolling a 2 is 1/3. The law of large numbers states the more a probability experiment is preformed the closer to the theoretical probability the results will be.

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The type of probability based on the results of a series of trials?

Empirical or experimental probability.


How do you work out probability?

The probability of a result you want is (the total number of results that would satisfy you) divided by (the total number of all possible results).


How is probability represented?

Usually as a fraction or ratio. (desired results) : (all results)


In probability what activity in which results are observed?

Trials or experiments.


What is The different possible results from a probability model?

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The different possible results from a probability model.?

Outcomes


What is a probability of tossing exactly two heads?

Coin tosses are what we call Independent Events, meaning that the results of one toss have no effect on the next toss or any thereafter. Therefore the probability of each toss is 1/2. If, however, you want to know the probability of tossing two coins, and each coin landing heads-up, you simply multiply their probabilities together, resulting in 1/4.


The principles of probability can be used to?

predict the results of genetic crosses


Mendel used more than 28000 pea plants in his experiment. How does this large sample size make his results more reliable?

it made his actual results approach the results predicted by probability


How does a large sample size help to ensure that experimental results are reliable?

It made his actual results approach the results predicted by probability


How did Mendel's large sample size make his results more reliable?

it made his actual results approach the results predicted by probability.


What are theoretical and expierimental probability?

Theoretical probability is the probability of something occurring when the math is done out on paper or 'in theory' such as the chance of rolling a six sided dice and getting a 2 is 1/6. Experimental probability is what actually occurs during an experiment trying to determine the probability of something. If a six sided dice is rolled ten times and the results are as follows 5,2,6,2,5,3,1,4,6,1 then the probability of rolling a 2 is 1/3. The law of large numbers states the more a probability experiment is preformed the closer to the theoretical probability the results will be.