Probability- An Experimental Approach
Chapter Name : Probability |
Sub Topic Code : 104_09_15_02_01 |
Topic Name : Probability- An Experimental Approach |
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Sub Topic Name : Activity 1 & 2 |
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Introduction
Activity 1 (tossing of coin and finding the probability of heads or tails)
Pre-Requisites:
Basic knowledge on probability.
Activity:
Take a fair coin and toss it 20 times and observe the probability of heads and tails. Do it 40 times. You can observe that as the number of times increases the probability of heads and tails tend to 0.5
Real Life Question:
If you are the captain of Indian cricket team. During toss what do you pick, heads or tails?
Key Words / FlashCards
| Key Words | Definitions (pref. in our own words) |
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| Probability of an event | Likeliness of some event happening over other. |
Learning aids / Gadgets
| Gadgets | How it can be used |
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| Coin game | Try tossing coins and find probability of heads and tails. |
Real life uses :
Every cricket match uses coin to decide which team is gone bat or bowl first.
Practical examples around us
| Examples | Explainations |
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| If a fair coin is used for tossing. Which is preferable to choose? | You can choose anything, literally the probability of heads or tails is the same. |
What you learn in Theory:
Activities 1 and 2.Probaility of heads and tails when a fair coin is tossed.
What you learn in Practice:
As the number of tosses increase, the probability of outcome heads and tails tend to be equal