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What is relative frequency used to estimate?

Probability of events

What is the formula for relative frequency?

FrequencyTotal trials\frac{\text{Frequency}}{\text{Total trials}}

What values can relative frequency have?

Between 0 and 1

A coin lands on heads 40 times in 100 flips. What is the relative frequency of heads?

0.400.40

In 200 rolls, a dice shows 6 exactly 50 times. What is the relative frequency of rolling a 6?

0.250.25

How does sample size affect probability estimates from relative frequency?

Larger samples give more accurate estimates

What does the Law of Large Numbers tell us?

Relative frequencies approach true probabilities

What should relative frequencies look like for fair outcomes?

All outcomes have similar frequencies

What relative frequency should each number on a fair six-sided dice have?

Approximately 0.170.17

What suggests an outcome is biased?

Results differ significantly from expected

What do significant deviations from expected values indicate?

Bias, not randomness

What gap does relative frequency bridge?

Theoretical probability and real results

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