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- What color (or colors) is most common in your samples?
- Look at the median. On average, how many of the most common color did you pull?
- What color is least common in your samples?
- Look at the median. On average, how many of the least common color did you pull?
- Predict the total number of each color in the bag. Write your predictions in a table like this one. Remember that there are 50 tiles in all and the number of each color must be a multiple of 10.
- Describe how you used your data to predict the total number of each color in the bag.
- After you make your predictions, count the number of each color that are actually in the bag. Write the actual number of each color in your table. Also check the recipe in the envelope for your bag.
- Were your predictions the same as your actual total? Explain what happened.
- Suppose you return all your tiles to your bag, mix them up, and pick one tile:
- What is the most likely color you will choose? (Note: there may be more than one “most likely color.”)
- What is the least likely color?
