About how many times would you expect Desmond to roll a
You would expect Desmond to roll a
about one sixth of the total rolls, , since there are numbers on a cube. What is one sixth of ?
About how many times would you expect him to roll an even number? Why?
See part (a).
There are three even numbers on a cube.
Desmond kept track of his results for all
rolls. The table at right shows some of his results. Based on his partial results, how many times did he roll a or a ?
What is the total Number of Outcomes in the table on the right? How many more times did Desmond roll the cube?
Number of Outcomes
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