When repeating an experiment many times and under the same circumstances, such as
throwing dice, you are conducting a chance experiment. A possible outcome is pips.
The relative frequency of that outcome is .
According to the law of large numbers this relative frequency approximates a certain number (when the chance experiment
is repeated an infinite number of times).
This number is called the empirical probability of this outcome.
Relative frequencies can also be calculated using statistics. This bar diagram shows
the relative frequencies when throwing a die times. It was generated by simulating the throwing of the die with a graphic calculator.
The empirical probability of pips is approximately .