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Modeling Probabilities

Subject Area
Math: AP Precalculus: AP Precalculus
Level
9-12
Activity Time
60 Minutes
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TI-Nspire™ CX series
TI-Nspire Version
3.2
Resource Types
Lessons
Format
TNS

Modeling Probabilities

Activity Overview

This activity approaches probability distributions as functions taking information about a dataset as inputs and outputting a set of probabilities. This is analogous to the familiar process of choosing a function to model a set of x-y pairs. Students use simulations to explore increasing number of trials. The normal distribution is introduced, compared with the binomial distribution, and applied.

Subject Area
Math: AP Precalculus: AP Precalculus
Level
9-12
Activity Time
60 Minutes
TI Calculator
TI-Nspire™ CX series
TI-Nspire Version
3.2
Resource Types
Lessons
Format
TNS
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