During an experiment, a spinner landed on green 9 times, which resulted in an experimental probability of 1 sixth Mary said that there must have been 45 trials in the experiment. Why is Mary incorrect?

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If there were  9  occurrences and  45  trials, the simplified experimental probability would be  1 fifth , not  1 sixth .

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During an experiment, a spinner landed on green 9 times, which resulted in an experimental probability of 1 sixth Mary said that there must have been 45 trials in the experiment. Why is Mary incorrect?

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