7.5.B.12 - Applying Probability to Make Informed Decisions – Exit Ticket

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Use the information to answer the questions below.

There are four pieces of bubble gum left in a quarter machine. Two are red and two are yellow. Chandra puts two quarters in the machine. One piece is for her and one is for her friend, Kay. If the two pieces are the same color, she is happy because they will not have to decide who gets what color. Chandra claims that they are equally likely to get the same color because the colors are either the same or they are different. Check her claim by doing a simulation.

Name a device that can be used to simulate getting a piece of bubble gum. Specify what outcome of the device represents a red piece and what outcome represents yellow.

Define what a trial is for your simulation.

Define what constitutes a success in a trial of your simulation.

Perform and list 50 simulated trials. Based on your results, is Chandra’s equally likely model correct?

From EngageNY.org of the New York State Education Department. Grade 7 Mathematics Module 5, Topic B, Lesson 12. Internet. Available from https://www.engageny.org/resource/grade-7-mathemat...; accessed 8/Apr/2016.