Question

martin kept track of the number of times he had to flip a coin before it landed tails up.
number of flips to land tails up
dot plot with 1 dot at 1, 4 dots at 2, 2 dots at 3, 6 dots at 4, 5 dots at 5
which is a true statement about the dot plot?

• six times it took 4 flips of the coin to land tails up.
• twice it took 4 flips of the coin to land tails up.
• it took 6 flips of the coin to land tails up more often than any other number of flips.
• last option partially visible: the greatest number of times it took to land tails up was 6

Explanation:

Step1: Analyze the dot plot

Count the number of dots above each number on the dot plot. For the number 4, we can see there are 6 dots.

Step2: Evaluate each option

• First option: "Six times it took 4 flips of the coin to land tails up." – Since there are 6 dots above 4, this means in 6 trials, it took 4 flips to get tails. This seems correct.
• Second option: "Twice it took 4 flips..." – But we counted 6 dots, so this is wrong.
• Third option: "It took 6 flips..." – The x - axis only goes up to 5, so this is wrong.
• Fourth option: The last option is cut off, but from the first three, the first one is correct.

Answer:

Six times it took 4 flips of the coin to land tails up.