2. You flip a fair coin 4 times and get tails once. Which answer correctly identifies both the
empirical probability
and theoretical probability of getting tails on a single coin flip?
a. Empirical 0.25; Theoretical = 0.25
b. Empirical 0.25; Theoretical = 0.5
c. Empirical = 0.5; Theoretical = 0.25
d. Empirical 0.5; Theoretical = 0.5
PRACTICE IT
Practice: Intro to Probability
Complete the following problems.
1. Imagine your teacher has a grab bag with an equal number of pens, pencils, highlighters, and
markers. You get to choose one at random.
a. What is P(highlighter)?
b. What is P(marker)?
c. What is P(highlighter or marker)?