SOLUTION: If Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow on the first Monday in February, then legend says that winter will last 6 more weeks. In 118 years, Phil has seen his shadow 104 times.

Question 268618: If Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow on the first Monday in February, then legend says that winter
will last 6 more weeks. In 118 years, Phil has seen his shadow 104 times. (a) What is the probability
that Phil will see his shadow on a randomly chosen Groundhog Day? (b) What kind of
probability is this? (Data are from www.groundhog.org.)

Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow on the first Monday in February, then legend says that winter
will last 6 more weeks. In 118 years, Phil has seen his shadow 104 times.
(a) What is the probability that Phil will see his shadow on a randomly chosen Groundhog Day?
Ans: 104/118
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(b) What kind of probability is this?
Ans: empirical or experimental (whatever word you text uses other than
theoretical or classical.
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Cheers,
Stan H.

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