Gerald is conducting an experiment with 3 possible outcomes. Kasey is conducting an experiment with 20 possible outcomes. Which statement best relates the possible outcomes to the number of trials needed to produce results similar to their predicted outcomes?

With fewer possible outcomes, Gerald has fewer results to track, so he will generally need fewer trials for the experimental results to resemble the predicted results. Kasey’s experiment has 20 possible outcomes, compared with Gerald’s 3, and typically takes more trials to show a similar pattern across all outcomes. This does not mean experimental and theoretical results will be exactly the same.

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