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1 History of Probability
History of Probability (MAT 142) History of Probability

2 History of Probability (MAT 142)
Objectives Determine what fraction of a deck of cards a certain set of cards describes. Determine how many of a certain type of card is in a deck. Determine the number of times two head, two tails, and one head and one tail will come up when two coins are tossed.

3 History of Probability (MAT 142)
Vocabulary theoretical probability experimental probability

4 Standard Deck of Cards

5 How many spades are in a standard deck of cards?
What fraction of a deck is spades?

6 How many queens are in a standard deck of card?
History of Probability (MAT 142) How many queens are in a standard deck of card? What fraction of a deck is queens?

7 History of Probability (MAT 142)
If you flip a pair of coins 20 times, approximately how many times do you think a pair of tails will come up? Flip a pair of coins 20 times. Did a pair of tails come up as many times as you approximated?


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