Chemistry Probability Activity

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Journal: Probability Activity Student Name: Directions: As you complete the activity, answer the following questions. Show your work for any math questions.

1. What happens? (2 points)

2. Sketch or describe the final target (series of circles). (2 points)

3. Where are most of the pencil marks concentrated? (2 points)

4. If you were to drop the pencil one more time, onto which region would it most likely fall? How do you know? (2 points)

5. What percentage of total drops hit the center dime? (3 points)

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6. What percentage of total drops fell within the largest circle but not in the dime region? (3

points)

7. If you couldn’t see the dime directly, what would the percentages you calculated suggest about the area of the dime region compared to the area of the largest circle? (3 points)

8. What other observations did you find interesting? (3 points)