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A Paper Cup Has Three Outcomes—Are They Equally Likely?

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The Mathematics of Maybe: Introduction to Probability · Experimental and theoretical probability · 3:53

You'll learn: Collect landing-position data and assign empirical probabilities.

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You'll learn: Collect landing-position data and assign empirical probabilities.

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