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Virginia Standards of Learning
Secondary
Probability and Statistics
PS.13 The student will find probabilities (relative frequency and theoretical), including conditional probabilities for events that are either dependent or independent, by applying the "law of large numbers" concept, the addition rule, and the multiplication rule.

Activities (1)

Run a simulation to generate results from running the Monty Hall for multiple trials. This is similar to the game show "Let's Make A Deal", where you choose one of N doors in hopes of finding a grand prize behind one of the doors. Parameters: Number of doors, number of trials, staying, or switching between the two remaining doors.

Audiences: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Discrete, Modeling, Probability

Related Topics: conditional probability, events, experimental probability, fair, monty hall, outcomes, probability simulation, random number, simulation, theoretical probability, theoretical value, trials