Die Activity
Select the 'die' radio button on the applet. Press the 'Get data' button to roll the
die 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 %threes' et al.) as needed to answer the following questions.
- Are you more likely to have at least 10 more than the expected number of threes for 100 rolls or 1000 rolls?
- Are you more likely to be within 5% of the expected percentage of threes for 100 rolls or 1000 rolls?
- Are you more likely to get exactly the expected percentage of threes in 10 rolls or 1000
rolls of a die? Explain.
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Coin Activity