Drop a thumbtack and observe how it lands. (a) Describe how you could use a relative frequency
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(a) Describe how you could use a relative frequency to estimate the probability that a thumbtack will land with its fl at side down.
(b) What is the sample space of outcomes for the thumbtack?
(c) How would you make a probability assignment to this sample space if, when you drop 500 tacks, 340 land fl at side down?
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