Mathematics 4024 · O Level · Relative and expected frequencies

Relative and expected frequencies — practice question

Basia notes the colours of $100$ cars that go past the school gate. The outcomes are listed in the table.
(a)[1]

Use Basia’s results to estimate the probability that the next car observed is blue.

(b)[1]

During the next hour, $500$ cars pass the school gate. Use Basia’s results to estimate how many of those cars are red.

(c)[1]

Colin records the colours of the next $100$ cars passing the school gate. His results are given in the table below. Use Basia’s and Colin’s combined results to estimate how many red cars would be seen if $500$ cars pass the school gate.

(d)[1]

Which estimate in part (b) or part (c) do you think is likely to be the better one? Give a reason for your choice.

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