. How close did your actual results come to your expected results? What caused the difference?

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How close did the actual results come to the expected results? What caused the difference?

4. For our coin-toss experiment, heads will represent P the allele and tails will represent the p allele.
Toss the coins together a total of 50 times, recording the toss results in the Coin Toss Tally column.
5. Determine the percentage for each genotype (Ex. # of PP tosses/50 * 100) and record under
Actual Probability on Table 1.
Coin Toss Tally
Expected
Probability
Actual Probability
25%
20%
(Heads-Heads) PP - 10
50%
56%
(Heads-Tails) Pp - 28
25%
24%
(Tails-Tails) pp - 12
1. How close did your actual results come to your expected results? What caused the
difference?
Transcribed Image Text:4. For our coin-toss experiment, heads will represent P the allele and tails will represent the p allele. Toss the coins together a total of 50 times, recording the toss results in the Coin Toss Tally column. 5. Determine the percentage for each genotype (Ex. # of PP tosses/50 * 100) and record under Actual Probability on Table 1. Coin Toss Tally Expected Probability Actual Probability 25% 20% (Heads-Heads) PP - 10 50% 56% (Heads-Tails) Pp - 28 25% 24% (Tails-Tails) pp - 12 1. How close did your actual results come to your expected results? What caused the difference?
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