Table of Contents
- 1 What is the probability of getting a heads followed by a tails in a standard coin flip?
- 2 What is the probability that a coin will land on heads and then a coin will land on tails?
- 3 What is the probability that heads and tails are equally likely?
- 4 What is the probability that a coin will land on edge?
What is the probability of getting a heads followed by a tails in a standard coin flip?
When we flip a coin there is always a probability to get a head or a tail is 50 percent. Suppose a coin tossed then we get two possible outcomes either a ‘head’ (H) or a ‘tail’ (T), and it is impossible to predict whether the result of a toss will be a ‘head’ or ‘tail’.
What is the probability that a coin will land on heads and then a coin will land on tails?
Suppose you have a fair coin: this means it has a 50\% chance of landing heads up and a 50\% chance of landing tails up. Suppose you flip it three times and these flips are independent. What is the probability that it lands heads up, then tails up, then heads up? So the answer is 1/8, or 12.5\%.
What is the probability that the coin is flipped 6 times?
When a certain coin is flipped, the probability of heads is 0.5. If the coin is flipped 6 times, what is the probability that there are exactly 3 heads? The answer is 5 16.
What is the probability of a coin tossing coming up heads?
When asked the question, what is the probability of a coin toss coming up heads, most people answer without hesitation that it is 50\%, 1/2, or 0.5. we get this probability by assuming that the coin is fair, or heads and tails are equally likely. The probability for equally likely outcomes is:
What is the probability that heads and tails are equally likely?
It is true that each sequence of heads and tails is equally likely to occur – with probability \\frac1 {64}, in this case. However, the number of those sequences having exactly three heads is not 32, but \\binom63=20, which leads to the correct answer of \\frac5 {16}.
What is the probability that a coin will land on edge?
While it is theoretically possible for a coin to land on an edge, its Probability is so low as to be mathematically very close to zero. Therefore when any one of the coins is tossed , P (Heads) = P (Tails) = 0.5 = 50\% for that coin.