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The closer the probability of an event is to 100%, the more likely it is to happen.
• If you were to flip a penny 50 times, what do you predict the probability is of landing on heads or tails? Why?
> Flipping heads is just as likely as flipping tails so we’d probably predict the probability of flipping each is 50%.
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Objectives:
> Students will analyze fair and unfair games.
> Students will compute probability for all possible outcomes when one coin is flipped.
> Students will collect, organize, and analyze data.
> Students will use probability to predict.
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What factors may affect how the coin lands? which side you start on, how high you flip it from, which hand you use, etc.
Your Task:1. You will actually flip the coin 50 times and record their results in
the given table after each flip.
2. Once finished, you should total how many times the coin landed on heads, and how many tails.
3. Then answer the Analysis questions that follow.
Today we will be doing a lab that involves Flipping One Coin.
In order for our data to be accurate, you will need to flip the coin the same way each time (same hand, same height, starting on same side).
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If you finish the experiment and answering the questions with time to spare, try actually flipping the coin 100 times.
Record your results in your math notebook.
See if the outcome matches your prediction.