Clover tossed a coin 50 times and recorded which side it landed on, the results are shown below. Does the experimental probability match the theoretical probability?
Heads=31
Tails=19
To determine whether the experimental probability matches the theoretical probability, we need to know the expected outcomes if the coin is fair.
Since a fair coin has two equally likely outcomes (heads or tails), the theoretical probability of flipping heads or tails is 0.5 or 50%.
Thus, if Clover flipped the coin 50 times and it was fair, we would expect to see approximately 25 heads and 25 tails.
However, in this experiment, Clover got 31 heads and 19 tails. This means that the experimental probability of flipping heads is 31/50 or 62% and the experimental probability of flipping tails is 19/50 or 38%.
Therefore, the experimental probability does not match the theoretical probability for a fair coin. This could be due to chance or bias in how the coin was flipped or recorded.