A number cube is rolled 150 times. The number 3 comes up 43 times. What is the experimental probability of rolling 3? What is the theoretical probability?

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Mireya Noble

22 September, 02:45

A number cube is rolled 150 times. The number 3 comes up 43 times. What is the experimental probability of rolling 3? What is the theoretical probability?

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Barbara Hoffman · Answer 1

The experimental probability is computed to be 43/150 or approximately 28.67%. This is computed by dividing the event of number 3 showing by the total number of times the cube is rolled.

The theoretical probability is computed to be 1/6 or approximately 16.67%. Since there is only one side with the number 3, and there is a total of six sides in a cube. Theoretical probability assumes that the number cube is fair and all sides have equal chances of showing up.