What Do You Conclude About the Claim Below? Do Not

question 37

Essay

What do you conclude about the claim below? Do not use formal procedures or exact calculations. Use only the rare event rule and make a subjective estimate to determine whether the event is likely. Claim: A roulette wheel is fair and in 40 consecutive spins of the wheel, black shows up 23 times. (A roulette wheel has 38 equally likely slots of which 18 are black).

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Definitions:

Metal Rusts

The process of corrosion where metals, typically iron, react with oxygen and moisture to form rust.

Density

The mass per unit volume of a substance, often measured in grams per cubic centimeter (g/cm³).

Mass

An estimation of the quantity of matter present in an object, commonly measured in grams or kilograms.

Significant Figures

Significant figures are the digits in a number that carry meaningful contributions to its measurement accuracy, including all the non-zero digits, zeroes between significant digits, and trailing zeros in a decimal.