Sophia has a bag with 3 purple marbles and 4 blue marbles in it. She is going to randomly draw a marble from the bag 280 times, putting the marble back in the bag after each draw.Complete the following statement with the best prediction.Sophia will draw a purple marble...Choose 1 answer:(A) Exactly 120 times(B) Close to 120 times but probably not exactly 120 times(C) Exactly 160 times(D) Close to 160 times but probably not exactly 160 times
Q. Sophia has a bag with 3 purple marbles and 4 blue marbles in it. She is going to randomly draw a marble from the bag 280 times, putting the marble back in the bag after each draw.Complete the following statement with the best prediction.Sophia will draw a purple marble...Choose 1 answer:(A) Exactly 120 times(B) Close to 120 times but probably not exactly 120 times(C) Exactly 160 times(D) Close to 160 times but probably not exactly 160 times
Calculate Probability of Purple Marble: Calculate the probability of drawing a purple marble in a single draw.Sophia has a total of 3 purple marbles and 4 blue marbles, making a total of 3+4=7 marbles. The probability of drawing a purple marble is the number of purple marbles divided by the total number of marbles.P(purple)=Total number of marblesNumber of purple marbles=73
Predict Purple Marble Draws: Predict the number of times a purple marble will be drawn in 280 draws.To find the expected number of times a purple marble will be drawn, multiply the probability of drawing a purple marble by the total number of draws.Expected number of purple marbles = P(purple)×Total draws=(73)×280
Perform Calculation: Perform the calculation from Step 2.Expected number of purple marbles = (73)×280=3×40=120
Interpret Result: Interpret the result.The calculation shows that Sophia is expected to draw a purple marble 120 times. However, because each draw is a random event, the actual number of times she draws a purple marble could be close to but not exactly 120 times.
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