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Binomial Probabilities

Subject Area
Math: AP Precalculus: AP Precalculus
Level
9-12
Activity Time
60 Minutes
TI Calculator
TI-Nspire™ CX series
TI-Nspire Version
3.0
Resource Types
Lessons
Format
TNS

Binomial Probabilities

Activity Overview

Students begin with a hands-on experiment of rolling a die and keeping track of the numbers of successes and failures. They then simulate their experiment by using the randBin command on their handheld. Next, they use the binomPdf command to find the theoretical probabilities and compare their experimental probabilities to the theoretical probabilities. Students also use the binomCdf command to find cumulative probabilities.

Subject Area
Math: AP Precalculus: AP Precalculus
Level
9-12
Activity Time
60 Minutes
TI Calculator
TI-Nspire™ CX series
TI-Nspire Version
3.0
Resource Types
Lessons
Format
TNS
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