Question

A bag of marbles has 10 red, 4 blue, 2 green, and 8 yellow. 16 people are asked to pull a marble and replace it. A yellow marble was picked 8 times. How does the theoretical probability compare to the experimental

Answer 1

The theoretical probability of a yellow marble would be 8/24 or 33.3%. (this is found by adding all possibilities so 10+4+2+8 and dividing it by the yellow). The experimental probability was 8/16 or 50% so a 16.67% higher probability than the expected