Mrs. Ross is a seventh grade teacher, has to choose a class representative. There are three girls and five boys who want to be the representative. She decides to roll a 6 sided die to select the class representative. In this simulation, the odd numbers on the die repetirle and the even numbers represent boys. The simulation selected is (fair or unfair), because the result of the experiment and the probability of the simulation (are the same or are not the same) ?

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Hannah Chambers

8 January, 04:40

Mrs. Ross is a seventh grade teacher, has to choose a class representative. There are three girls and five boys who want to be the representative. She decides to roll a 6 sided die to select the class representative. In this simulation, the odd numbers on the die repetirle and the even numbers represent boys. The simulation selected is (fair or unfair), because the result of the experiment and the probability of the simulation (are the same or are not the same) ?

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Tyson Phillips · Answer 1

The simulation isn't fair because the result of the experiment and the probability of the simulation are not the same. The probablity of the outcome choosing a girl is 3/3 whereas the probability of it being a boy is 5/3. I hope I'm understanding the question correctly?