Problema Solution
One of the five equal sections of a spinner is blue. The spinner landed on the blue section 30 of the 75 times that it was spun. Compare the theoretical probability of the spinner landing on blue to the experimental probability.
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Theoretical probability is:
p1 = 1/5
p1 = 0.2
Experimental probability is:
p2 = 30/75
p2 = 0.4
Since 0.2 < 0.4 the theoretical probability is smaller than the experimental probability.