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Handling Data: Coin Tossing Simulation

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Students collect experimental data and record it on a frequency table. After accessing an Internet coin toss simulation site they discover that repetition of an experiment may result in different outcomes. They identify the mutually exclusive outcomes of an experiment and complete a coin toss worksheet.

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Grade
6th - 8th
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Math
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