Three Coin Pony
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Find the total number of points each player got for all eight games.

EXPERIMENTAL PROBABILITY
1. According to your results, what is the experimental probability of Player A getting a point? Player B? Player C?

2. Convert the probabilities into percents.

THEORETICAL PROBABILITY
3. Make a list (or tree diagram) of every single combination that the three coins could land.

4. According to this list, what is the theoretical probability for Player A? Player B? Player C?

5. How do your experimental probabilities of the game compare with the theoretical probabilities of the tree diagram?


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