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Solving Routine and Non-Routine Problems Involving Experimental and Theoretical Probability

This document discusses experimental and theoretical probability and provides examples of calculating each. Experimental probability is calculated by conducting experiments and observing outcomes, while theoretical probability uses the total possible outcomes. Examples are given of finding both types of probabilities for events like drawing colored squares from a container or spinning a numbered spinner.

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Solving Routine and Non-Routine Problems Involving Experimental and Theoretical Probability

This document discusses experimental and theoretical probability and provides examples of calculating each. Experimental probability is calculated by conducting experiments and observing outcomes, while theoretical probability uses the total possible outcomes. Examples are given of finding both types of probabilities for events like drawing colored squares from a container or spinning a numbered spinner.

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Solving Routine and Non-Routine Problems

involving Experimental and


Theoretical Probability
How To Find The Experimental Probability Of An Event?

Step 1: Conduct an experiment and record the number of times the


event occurs and the number of times the activity is performed.

Step 2: Divide the two numbers to obtain the Experimental


Probability.
How To Find The Theoretical Probability Of An Event?

The Theoretical Probability of an event is the number of ways


the event can occur (favorable outcomes) divided by the
number of total outcomes.

What Is The Theoretical Probability Formula?

The formula for theoretical probability of an event is


Experimental Probability

One way to find the probability of an event is to conduct an


experiment.

Get red, yellow, and blue art paper. Cut them into small squares,
all in equal size.
Red – 10 squares
Blue – 8 squares
Yellow – 2 squares
Put all of them in a small container

Example:
A container has 10 red squares, 8 blue squares and 2 yellow
squares. Find the experimental probability of getting a blue
marble.
Solution:
Take a square from the container.
Record the color and return the marble.
Repeat a few times (maybe 10 times).
Count the number of times a blue marble was picked
(Suppose it is 6).

The experimental probability of getting a blue marble from the


bag is:
How to find and use experimental probability?

The following video gives another example of experimental


probability.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=or_XJRFnfuk
How the results of the experimental probability may approach the
theoretical probability?

Example:
The spinner below shows 10 equally sized slices.
Heather spun 50 times and got the following results.

a) From Heather’s' results, compute the experimental


probability of landing on yellow.

b) Assuming that the spinner is fair, compute the theoretical


probability of landing in yellow.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qePuKm-COfo
Theoretical Probability

We can also find the theoretical probability of an event.

Example:
A container has 10 red squares, 8 blue square and 2 yellow
squares. Find the theoretical probability of getting a blue
square.
Solution:

There are 8 blue marbles.


Therefore, the number of favorable outcomes = 8.

There are a total of 20 marbles.


Therefore, the number of total outcomes = 20
Let’s try it!
Find the probability of rolling an even number when you roll
a die containing the numbers 1-6. Express the probability as
a fraction, decimal, ratio and percent. (Answer!)

Solution:
The possible even numbers are 2, 4, 6.
Number of favorable outcomes = 3.
Total number of outcomes = 6

The probability = (fraction) = 0.5 (decimal) =


1:2 (ratio) = 50% (percent)
Comparing Theoretical And Experimental Probability

The following video gives an example of theoretical and


experimental probability.

Example:
According to theoretical probability, how many times can we
expect to land on each color in a spinner, if we take 16 spins?
Conduct the experiment to get the experimental probability.

We will then compare the Theoretical Probability and the


Experimental Probability.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxYReJ1yjuE
The following video shows another example of how to find the theoretical
probability of an event.

Examples:

A spinner is divided into eight equal sectors, numbered 1 through 8.


a) What is the probability of spinning an odd numbers?
b) What is the probability of spinning a number divisible by 4?
b) What is the probability of spinning a number less than 3?

A spinner is divided into eight equal sectors, numbered 1 through 8.


a) What is the probability of spinning a 2?
b) What is the probability of spinning a number from 1 to 4?
b) What is the probability of spinning a number divisible by 2?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7dpXvbtZOo

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