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?
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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