Question

Roger completed a probability experiment with a coin. He flipped the coin 32 times, and it landed on tails eight times. He looked at the results of his experiment to determine the ratio of heads outcomes to tails outcomes.
The ratio of heads to tails in simplified form is _ to _
can somebody help me plz :(

Answer 1

1 to 3

Since you know that he landed on tails 8 out of 32 times, he must have flipped heads for the flips he did not flip tails. So, subtract 32 minus 8, which equals 24, and your answer is 8 to 24. Simplify this like you would with a fraction; the greatest common factor is 8 so divide the "numerator" and the "denominator" by 8. Therefore your final answer is 1 to 3.

Answer 2

Answer:3:1

Step-by-step explanation:

Total number of times he flipped the coin =32 times

Out of the 32 times, the outcome of tails is 8 times

The outcome of heads will be

Total times- Tails outcome

32-8

=24 times

Tails outcome= 8 times

Heads outcome= 24 times

Ratio of heads to tails is

Total heads outcome/total tails outcome

=24/8

=3/1

Therefore ratio of heads to tails is 3:1