SIMULATION/PROBABILITY| QUESTIONS & ANSWERS VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS 100%|GRADE A+|LATEST 2024/2025
simulation - ✔✔technique used to act out a situation by conducting an experiment whose outcomes are
analogous to the original situation
Expected Value - ✔✔the expected outcome
Estimate the number of times you have to throw a dice in order to roll the number six 50 times? -
✔✔300
Find the odds in favor of rolling a number less than 5 on a 6 sided die - ✔✔4:6 or 2:3
Find the odds in favor of drawing an ace from an ordinary 52-card deck - ✔✔4:48 or 1:12
Trial - ✔✔Each observation of an experiment
Outcome - ✔✔each result of a trial
Event - ✔✔A set of one or more outcomes
Sample Space - ✔✔the set of all possible outcomes
What can be used to simulate flipping a coin? - ✔✔The red vs black cards in a fair deck, even vs odd
numbers on an ordinary die, and a random-number generator
What can be used to simulate a family determining if they are going to have a baby girl or a baby boy? -
✔✔Flipping a coin; 50% chance of both heads and tails
SOLUTIONS 100%|GRADE A+|LATEST 2024/2025
simulation - ✔✔technique used to act out a situation by conducting an experiment whose outcomes are
analogous to the original situation
Expected Value - ✔✔the expected outcome
Estimate the number of times you have to throw a dice in order to roll the number six 50 times? -
✔✔300
Find the odds in favor of rolling a number less than 5 on a 6 sided die - ✔✔4:6 or 2:3
Find the odds in favor of drawing an ace from an ordinary 52-card deck - ✔✔4:48 or 1:12
Trial - ✔✔Each observation of an experiment
Outcome - ✔✔each result of a trial
Event - ✔✔A set of one or more outcomes
Sample Space - ✔✔the set of all possible outcomes
What can be used to simulate flipping a coin? - ✔✔The red vs black cards in a fair deck, even vs odd
numbers on an ordinary die, and a random-number generator
What can be used to simulate a family determining if they are going to have a baby girl or a baby boy? -
✔✔Flipping a coin; 50% chance of both heads and tails
