Theoretical probability

CS
by Charlotte Savage2 views·Updated Aug 21, 2021
Re-use contentCreate your own

Chapters

Audio TranscriptAuto-generated

  1. Now let's have a look at the probability when rolling
  2. a di a di has six sides with each side
  3. having the same likelihood of being rolled.
  4. This means whether you roll a six or a one,
  5. they have an even chance of landing on each number.
  6. Even though the value of the number may be greater
  7. or smaller, the six different outcomes on the die mean
  8. there is a one in six chance of rolling each
  9. number. This is our theoretical probability which can be shown
  10. as a fraction 1/6.
  11. If we look at all the possible outcomes we can
  12. see they all have an even chance of being rolled.
  13. But when we look at our experimental probability we might
  14. get a different outcome.
  15. This is because the results aren't affected by each other
  16. even though we have rolled a number already.
  17. We could roll the same number straight after.
  18. So will we ever reach our theoretical probability?
  19. The answer is yes.
  20. The more times you roll the die, the closer we
  21. get to our theoretical probability.
  22. So what would happen if we have two dice?
  23. How many outcomes would there be?