Coin Activity
Select the 'coin' radio button on the applet. Press the 'Get data' button to toss the
coin 10000 times, do this several times so the results of a number of experiments are
overlain in the plot. Use the plots to respond to the prompts below.
- Move between the plot display radio buttons ('show %heads' et al.) as needed to answer the following questions.
- Are you more likely to get more than 60% heads in 10 tosses or 1000
tosses of a coin? Explain.
- Are you more likely to get more than 40% heads in 10 tosses or 1000
tosses of a coin? Explain.
- Are you more likely to get between 60% and 40% heads in 10 tosses or 1000
tosses of a coin? Explain.
- Are you more likely to get exactly 50% heads in 10 tosses or 1000
tosses of a coin? Explain.
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