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A coin has heads on one side and tails on the other. The coin is tossed 12 times and lands heads up 4 times. Which best describes what happens when the number of trials increases significantly?
The observed frequency of landing heads up will always be 
(1)/(3) of the number of tosses.
The observed frequency of landing heads up gets closer to the expected frequency based on the probability of the coin landing heads up.
The expected frequency based on the probability of the coin landing heads up gets closer to 1.
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Math To Do, I-Ready\newlineom/student/dashboard/home\newlineA coin has heads on one side and tails on the other. The coin is tossed 1212 times and lands heads up 44 times. Which best describes what happens when the number of trials increases significantly?\newlineThe observed frequency of landing heads up will always be 13 \frac{1}{3} of the number of tosses.\newlineThe observed frequency of landing heads up gets closer to the expected frequency based on the probability of the coin landing heads up.\newlineThe expected frequency based on the probability of the coin landing heads up gets closer to 11.\newlineMy Progress

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Q. Math To Do, I-Ready\newlineom/student/dashboard/home\newlineA coin has heads on one side and tails on the other. The coin is tossed 1212 times and lands heads up 44 times. Which best describes what happens when the number of trials increases significantly?\newlineThe observed frequency of landing heads up will always be 13 \frac{1}{3} of the number of tosses.\newlineThe observed frequency of landing heads up gets closer to the expected frequency based on the probability of the coin landing heads up.\newlineThe expected frequency based on the probability of the coin landing heads up gets closer to 11.\newlineMy Progress
  1. Problem Description: In the given problem, the coin is tossed 1212 times and lands heads up 44 times. This is an observed frequency of heads for these 1212 trials.
  2. Probability Calculation: The probability of a coin landing heads up is 12\frac{1}{2}, since there are two sides to a coin and one of them is heads.
  3. Law of Large Numbers: If the number of trials increases significantly, the Law of Large Numbers tells us that the observed frequency should get closer to the expected probability of 12\frac{1}{2}, not remain at the observed 13\frac{1}{3} or move towards 11.
  4. Correct Statement: Therefore, the correct statement is: "The observed frequency of landing heads up gets closer to the expected frequency based on the probability of the coin landing heads up."

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