document.write( "Question 1034822: A special 8-sided die is marked with the numbers 1 to 8. It is rolled 20 times with these outcomes:
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document.write( "The prime numbers on the die are 2,3,5,7\r\n" );
document.write( "The non-primes are 1,4,6,8.  So the theoretical \r\n" );
document.write( "probability  of rolling a prime is 1/2, and the \r\n" );
document.write( "theoretical probability of rolling a non-prime \r\n" );
document.write( "is also 1/2. 1/2 is 50%.\r\n" );
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document.write( "For the experimental sequence of 20 rolls, I\r\n" );
document.write( "will put P's under the prime numbers. \r\n" );
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document.write( "3 4 5 2 7 1 3 7 2 6 2 1 7 3 6 1 8 3 5 6\r\n" );
document.write( "P   P   P   P P P   P   P P       P P  \r\n" );
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document.write( "There are 11 primes out of 20, so the experimental\r\n" );
document.write( "probability is 11/20 = 0.55 or 55%.\r\n" );
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