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Plinko Added on 5/20/2009	Downloads: TI-73 PDF file TI-SmartView Scripts TI-Navigator files
In this activity, students will explore experimental and theoretical probability by simulating the Plinko! game.
Using the random number generator, students will simulate the disk falling into one of the five slots. They will then use this data to create a histogram and to calculate the experimental probability of each outcome of the simulation.
Students will then look at the class set of data before calculating the theoretical probability of each outcome. Theoretical probabilities are then compared to the experimental probabilities determined earlier.

Plinko

Added on 5/20/2009

Downloads:
TI-73 PDF file
TI-SmartView Scripts
TI-Navigator files

In this activity, students will explore experimental and theoretical probability by simulating the Plinko! game.

Using the random number generator, students will simulate the disk falling into one of the five slots. They will then use this data to create a histogram and to calculate the experimental probability of each outcome of the simulation.

Students will then look at the class set of data before calculating the theoretical probability of each outcome. Theoretical probabilities are then compared to the experimental probabilities determined earlier.

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