Question

A pink-and-green spinner landed on pink 14 times and on green 56 times. Based on experimental probability, how many of the next 65 spins would you expect to land on pink?

Answer 1

Answer:  13

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Explanation:

Based on the results so far, the experimental or empirical probability of landing on pink is 14/(14+56) = 14/70 = 1/5.

You simply divide the number of pink (14) over the number total (14+56=70) to arrive at that fraction. After reducing, we get 1/5 meaning that 1 out of every 5 spins we arrived on a pink space.

If this pattern holds up, then we expect (1/5)*65 = 13 additional occurrences of pink on the next 65 spins.

Note how 13/65 = 1/5.