Question

An experiment whose outcomes cannot be predicted exactly in advance is called a ______.

Answer 1

Random Experiment.

An activity that produces a result or an outcome is called an experiment. Usually, we may get a different number of outcomes from an experiment. However, when an experiment satisfies the following two conditions, it is called a random experiment:

(i) It has more than one possible outcome.

(ii) It is not possible to accurately predict the outcome in advance.

For example, tossing a coin, rolling a die, or picking a card from a well-shuffled deck of cards is a random experiment since its outcomes cannot be exactly predicted in advance.

Therefore,

An experiment whose outcomes cannot be predicted exactly in advance is called a random experiment.