SOLUTION: A six sided number cube is rolled 30 times. The number cube showed a number greater than four 8 times. What is the difference between the experimental probability and the theoretic

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Question 396656: A six sided number cube is rolled 30 times. The number cube showed a number greater than four 8 times. What is the difference between the experimental probability and the theoretical probability of rolling a number greater than four?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Hi
numbers > 4 would be a 5 and 6 OR 2 out of the six numbers >4
P( number > 4) = 2/6 = 1/3 or .3333 or 33 1/3 %
Experimental results were: 8/30 trials resulted in number > 4
8/30 = .2667 or 26.67%
Experimental results were less than what would be expected
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