AP BIOLOGY

HEREDITY

BASICS OF PROBABILITY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What type of probability is a way of estimating the probability of an event happening based on repeated trials?
A
Experimental Probabillity
B
Theoretical Probability
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Experiments can be used to estimate the probability of an event occurring. To gather data to calculate experimental probability, we perform repeated trials and record the outcome (the result) of each trial.

Detailed explanation-2: -This is the experimental probability definition. So for example, if you’re asked for the probability of getting heads after flipping a coin 10 times, the experimental probability will be the number of times you got heads after flipping a coin 10 times.

Detailed explanation-3: -You can calculate empirical probability by creating a ratio between the number of ways an event happened to the number of opportunities for it to have happened. In other words, 75 heads out of 100 coin tosses come to 75/100= 3/4.

Detailed explanation-4: -The probability that is determined on the basis of the results of an experiment is known as experimental probability. This is also known as empirical probability.

Detailed explanation-5: -Experimental probability is based on what actually occurs. It depends on the results of several experiments or trials.

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