Question

Anthony observes that when people are leaving class, about 50% turn left and about 50% turn right. Anthony wants to estimate the probability that fewer than 3 of the first 4 students will turn left when leaving class tomorrow. To do this, he lets H represent turning left when leaving class and T represent turning right. He then flips a coin 4 times, recording the results. He repeats this process for a total of 20 trials. HHTT THHT HTTT HTHH HHTT HTHT THTH TTHH HHHH HTTH HHHT TTHT THHH THTH HHTT HTTT HTTH HHTT HTHH HHTH Drag and drop the correct fraction to the box to estimate the probability, using this simulation. Estimated probability that fewer than 3 of the first 4 students leaving class tomorrow will turn left:

Answer 1

The probability is 7/10.

There are 14 outcomes in this simulation with fewer than 3 left turns, out of 20 times the simulation was run:
14/20 = 7/10