Question
Your favorite breakfast cereal contains a fidget toy in each box. There are three different fidget toys in the complete collection (spinner, pop strip, squishy ball) and each toy has an equal chance of being in each box.
You want to figure out what the probability is that you will get more than one squishy ball if you buy four boxes of the cereal. Which experiment could be used to simulate this situation?
Responses
A You flip a coin 4 times and record the number of times you get tails. You do 10 trials of the experiment, then calculate the percentage of trials that resulted in 2 or more tails.You flip a coin 4 times and record the number of times you get tails. You do 10 trials of the experiment, then calculate the percentage of trials that resulted in 2 or more tails.
B You put 10 each of 4 different colored marbles in a bag for a total of 40 marbles. You draw 3 marbles out without replacing them and record how many are red. You do 10 trials of the experiment, then calculate the percentage of trials that resulted in 2 or more red marbles.You put 10 each of 4 different colored marbles in a bag for a total of 40 marbles. You draw 3 marbles out without replacing them and record how many are red. You do 10 trials of the experiment, then calculate the percentage of trials that resulted in 2 or more red marbles.
C You have a spinner equally divided into 3 sections, with each section colored red, blue, or green. You spin the spinner 4 times and record how many times you get a red. You do 10 trials of the experiment, then calculate the percentage of trials that resulted in 2 or more red spins.You have a spinner equally divided into 3 sections, with each section colored red, blue, or green. You spin the spinner 4 times and record how many times you get a red. You do 10 trials of the experiment, then calculate the percentage of trials that resulted in 2 or more red spins.
D You draw 4 cards from a standard deck of cards and record how many hearts you get. You do 10 trials of the experiment, then calculate the percentage of trials that resulted in 2 or more hearts.
C You have a spinner equally divided into 3 sections, with each section colored red, blue, or green. You spin the spinner 4 times and record how many times you get a red. You do 10 trials of the experiment, then calculate the percentage of trials that resulted in 2 or more red spins.
This experiment is most similar to the situation described with breakfast cereal containing fidget toys. Each spinner spin corresponds to buying a box of cereal, and each section of the spinner corresponds to a different type of fidget toy. Just like how you want to find the probability of getting more than one squishy ball, in this experiment you want to find the percentage of trials that resulted in 2 or more red spins.