A group of people are spinning a spinner that is separated into eight equal parts. Group One spins the spinner eight times. Group Two spins the spinner twenty times. Group Three spins the sbinner eighty times. Which group is most likely to be closest to the theoretical probability?

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Anna Simpson

Mathematics

6 December, 04:56

A group of people are spinning a spinner that is separated into eight equal parts. Group One spins the spinner eight times. Group Two spins the spinner twenty times. Group Three spins the sbinner eighty times. Which group is most likely to be closest to the theoretical probability?

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if the number of times spun is not a multiple of 8, it is impossible to land on an exactly even distribution for this spinner. But since the probabilities of landing on an exactly even distribution are so small, that detail doesn't perturb the overall trend, except perhaps down at n=8 spins So group 3