SOLUTION: <pre> An 8 sided die, which may or may not be a fair die, has 4 colors on it; you have been tossing the die for an hour and have recorded the color rolled for each toss. Usi

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Question 608496:
An 8 sided die, which may or may not be a fair
die, has 4 colors on it; you have been tossing 
the die for an hour and have recorded the color 
rolled for each toss.  Using relative frequency 
what is the probability you will roll a brown 
on your next toss of the die?  

orange brown green yellow
  46     23    32    19

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20055) About Me  (Show Source):
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An 8 sided die, which may or may not be a fair
die, has 4 colors on it; you have been tossing 
the die for an hour and have recorded the color 
rolled for each toss.  Using relative frequency 
what is the probability you will roll a brown 
on your next toss of the die?  

orange brown green yellow
  46     23    32    19

That's a total of 46+23+32+19 or 120 rolls.

You only asked for the probability of brown, 
but I'll give all the probabilities:

It came up orange 48 times out of 120, so the
experimental probability of orange is the
fraction 48%2F120 which reduces to 2%2F5. 
Therefore the probability you will roll an 
orange on your next toss of the die is 2%2F5.

It came up brown 23 times out of 120, so the
experimental probability of orange is the
fraction 23%2F120, which doesn't reduce.
Therefore the probability you will roll a brown
on your next toss of the die is
23%2F120. (That's the answer to your problem).

It came up green 32 times out of 120, so the
experimental probability of orange is the
fraction 32%2F120 which reduces to4%2F15.
Therefore the probability you will
roll a green on your next toss of the die is
4%2F15.

It came up yellow 19 times out of 120, so the
experimental probability of orange is the
fraction 19%2F120 which doesn't reduce.
Therefore the probability you will
roll a yellow on your next toss of the die is
19%2F120.

Edwin