document.write( "Question 990716: magine that you are playing darts. Over three days of play, you throw the darts 503 times as you attempt to hit a bullseye. 74 of your attempts hit a bullseye, however, 18 of your attempts miss the dart board entirely.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "wpuld it be 18/503? or 74/503?? \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Empirical probability is the number of successes divided by the number of trials. The 18 that miss the board entirely are irrelevant. Missing the board entirely is just as much a failure to hit the bullseye as a dart touching the outside of the bullseye wire.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it\r
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