Cody flipped a coin ten times. He expected to land on heads five times and land on tails five times. The coin actually landed on heads three times and tails seven times.

What should Cody do in order for his experimental probability to be closer to the theoretical probability?

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Stephen Decker

10 November, 20:10

Cody flipped a coin ten times. He expected to land on heads five times and land on tails five times. The coin actually landed on heads three times and tails seven times.

What should Cody do in order for his experimental probability to be closer to the theoretical probability?

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Emanuel Myers · Answer 1

Cody could do the experiment many times and find the average.

Step-by-step explanation:

The more times he does the experiment, the more accurate his data will become. The chance of getting heads is 50% and the chance of getting tails is 50%.

Cody flipped a coin ten times. He expected to land on heads five times and land on tails five times. The coin actually landed on heads three times and tails seven times.What should Cody do in order for his experimental probability to be closer to the theoretical probability?

Cody flipped a coin ten times. He expected to land on heads five times and land on tails five times. The coin actually landed on heads three times and tails seven times.

What should Cody do in order for his experimental probability to be closer to the theoretical probability?