Question

In a probability experiment, Karen flipped a coin 84 times. The coin landed on heads 36 times. What percentage of the coin flips resulted in tails? Round to the nearest percent.

Answer 1

Answer:

57.1%

Step-by-step explanation:

We know that a coin has only two sides, heads or tails. Therefore if of the 84 times, 36 times he fell in heads, the other times he fell in tails.

84 - 36 = 48 times fell in tails.

Therefore to calculate the percentage that fell in tails, it would be the ratio between the number of times it fell in tails and the total number of experiments:

48/84 = 0.571, and that is 57.1%

Which means that 57.1% of the times the coin was thrown fell into tails.

Answer 2

Answer:

57%

Step-by-step explanation:

Total number of times the coin was flipped=84

Number of Times the Coin Landed on Heads=36

Therefore:

Total Number of Flips=Number of Heads + Number of Tails

84=36+Number of Tails

Number of Tails=84-36=48

We want to calculate what percentage of the coin flips landed on Tails

$=\frac{Number of tails}{Total Number of Trials} X100\\=\frac{48}{84}X100$

=57.14

The percentage of the coin flip that landed on Tails =57% ( to the nearest percent)