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Maths Statistics Dice Investigation  

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Maths Statistics Coursework Introduction: You are trying to make money by selling a game to friends. Each person pays a £1 for one throw of the dice. If they throw a 6 they win £10 - Investigate 1 2 3 4 5 6 14 5 7 6 8 10 From the table I can see that if I played the game for real I would be loosing more money than I was making. There would be a 1/6 chance of winning which means that for every £6 I made I would pay out £10. To make the game more profitable I am going to design another one using one dice. The game is "You throw the dice and if you get a 1 you win £5" Dice number 1 2 3 4 5 6 No' time thrown 9 8 8 9 9 7 From the table above it shows that if the game was played for real it would make a small profit of £5 for every £50 that came in. There is still a 1/6 chance...

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