Question

How do you calculate experimental probability?

Answer 1

Experimental Probability:

$\bullet$Experimental probability is the actual result of an experiment.

$\bullet$An experimental probability of an event is found by comparing the number of times the event occurs to the total number of trials.

For example: If someone flips a coin, what is the probability of getting a head?

Now, When someone flips a coin, there are only two possibilities: a head or a tail.

So, the total number of outcomes $=2$

And number of favorable outcome $=1$

Thus the probability of getting a head on flipping a coin $=\frac{1}{2}$

Hence, an experimental probability is calculated by dividing the possible number of favorable outcomes by the total number of outcomes.