SOLUTION: An experiment with three outcomes has been repeated 50 times, and E1 occurred 20 times, E2 occurred 13 times, and E3 occurred 17 times. Assign probabilitiEs to the outcomes. What m

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Question 1030190: An experiment with three outcomes has been repeated 50 times, and E1 occurred 20 times, E2 occurred 13 times, and E3 occurred 17 times. Assign probabilitiEs to the outcomes. What method did you use?
Answer by robertb(5830) About Me  (Show Source):
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P%28E%5B1%5D%29+=+20%2F50+=+2%2F5
P%28E%5B2%5D%29+=+13%2F50
P%28E%5B3%5D%29+=+17%2F50
These are what are called empirical probabilities (from the empirical method).