The state lottery board is examining the machine that randomly picks the lottery numbers. On each trial, the machine outputs a ball with one of the digits 0 through 9 on it. (The ball is then replaced in the machine.) The lottery board tested the machine for 50 trials and got the following results.Outcome 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9Number of Trials 5 3 7 6 4 4 3 10 4 4Answer the following. Round your answers to the nearest thousandths.(a)From these results, compute the experimental probability of getting a 1 or 5.(b)Assuming that the machine is fair, compute the theoretical probability of getting a 1 or 5.(c)Assuming that the machine is fair, choose the statement below that is true.
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The state lottery board is examining the machine that randomly picks the lottery numbers. On each trial, the machine outputs a ball with one of the digits 0 through 9 on it. (The ball is then replaced in the machine.) The lottery board tested the machine for 50 trials and got the following results.Outcome 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9Number of Trials 5 3 7 6 4 4 3 10 4 4Answer the following. Round your answers to the nearest thousandths.(a)From these results, compute the experimental probability of getting a 1 or 5.(b)Assuming that the machine is fair, compute the theoretical probability of getting a 1 or 5.(c)Assuming that the machine is fair, choose the statement below that is true.
Solution
(a) The experimental probability of getting a 1 or 5 is calculated by adding the number of trials that resulted in a 1 or 5 and dividing by the total number of trials. In this case, the number of trials that resulted in a 1 is 3 and the number of trials that resulted in a 5 is 4. So, the experimental probability is (3+4)/50 = 7/50 = 0.14.
(b) The theoretical probability of getting a 1 or 5, assuming the machine is fair, is calculated by dividing the number of favorable outcomes (in this case, 2: getting a 1 or a 5) by the total number of possible outcomes (in this case, 10: the digits 0 through 9). So, the theoretical probability is 2/10 = 0.2.
(c) If the machine is fair, then the theoretical probability should be the same for all outcomes. In this case, the theoretical probability is 0.2 for all outcomes. Therefore, the statement that is true is: "The theoretical probability of getting any single digit (0 through 9) is 0.2."
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