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Assuming a fair coin, the odds of getting four tails in a row are 1 in 16.

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A coin is tossed 3 times. What is the probability of getting 3 tails in a row?

The answer I'm editing says the odds are 1 in 8. This is true only if you actually mean the probability of getting 3 tails in a row, rather than just 3 of either heads or tails in a row. In mentioned case, the first flip doesn't matter which side it lands on, just the proceeding two flips do. So, the odds of flipping a coin three times with the same outcome are 1 in 2^2 or 1 in 4. The odds of flipping three tails in a row are 1 in 2^3 or 1 in 8.


What does odds in favor mean?

Saying that the odds of something occurring are a to b (or a:b) means that we expect the event to occur a times for every b times it does not occur. For instance, the odds of drawing tails on a coin flip are 1 to 1, so if we repeat the experiment a very large number of times, we will have 1 occurrence of "tails" for every occurrence of "heads". The odds of getting a 5 on a dice roll are 1:5, and so on.


Better odds on heads or tails?

heads 70:30


What are the odds of getting 6 tails on 6 coin tosses?

If the coin is fair, thenThe chance of tails on the 1st toss is 50% (1/2).The chance of tails on the 2nd toss is 50% (1/2).The chance of tails on the 3rd toss is 50% (1/2).The chance of tails on the 4th toss is 50% (1/2).The chance of tails on the 5th toss is 50% (1/2).The chance of tails on the 6th toss is 50% (1/2).The probability of getting all of them is (1/2) x (1/2) x (1/2) x (1/2) x (1/2) x (1/2) = 1/64 = 1.5625 % .The odds are 63 to 1 against.


Two coins are tossed what is the probability of getting no head?

lets get some facts odds of head on 1 coin 50% or evens odds of no head 50% or evens the possible results vary from 1 coin to 2 coins. 1 coin has 2 results heads or tails 2 coins have 4 results. heads heads, tails tails, tails heads, heads tails. each outcome has a probability of 25%. for the question we remove the heads and tail probability and we have 2 outcomes with heads and one without. so 2 to 1 chance or 33.3333 recuring chance.

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What are the odds of getting heads at least once if I toss a coin twice?

the only combination which does not produce heads at least once it tails twice. the odds of getting tails twice is 0.5*0.5=0.25 so the odds for getting heads at least once is 1-0.25=0.75 or 75% or 3/4.


Find the odds for getting two tails when two fair coins are flipped?

25%


What are the odds against getting all heads or all tails in three successive flips of a coin?

3 to 1


A coin is tossed 3 times. What is the probability of getting 3 tails in a row?

The answer I'm editing says the odds are 1 in 8. This is true only if you actually mean the probability of getting 3 tails in a row, rather than just 3 of either heads or tails in a row. In mentioned case, the first flip doesn't matter which side it lands on, just the proceeding two flips do. So, the odds of flipping a coin three times with the same outcome are 1 in 2^2 or 1 in 4. The odds of flipping three tails in a row are 1 in 2^3 or 1 in 8.


What is the odds of getting a four then a three on a dice?

3 over 4 , or 8th quared


What does odds in favor mean?

Saying that the odds of something occurring are a to b (or a:b) means that we expect the event to occur a times for every b times it does not occur. For instance, the odds of drawing tails on a coin flip are 1 to 1, so if we repeat the experiment a very large number of times, we will have 1 occurrence of "tails" for every occurrence of "heads". The odds of getting a 5 on a dice roll are 1:5, and so on.


Better odds on heads or tails?

heads 70:30


What are the odds of getting heads if I toss a coin twice?

There are 4 possible outcomes, HH, HT, TH, TT. If we assume the odds of tossing heads or tails on any toss is 1/2 (50:50) the odds of tossing heads twice in a row is 1/4 (or 25%).


What are the odds of getting 6 tails on 6 coin tosses?

If the coin is fair, thenThe chance of tails on the 1st toss is 50% (1/2).The chance of tails on the 2nd toss is 50% (1/2).The chance of tails on the 3rd toss is 50% (1/2).The chance of tails on the 4th toss is 50% (1/2).The chance of tails on the 5th toss is 50% (1/2).The chance of tails on the 6th toss is 50% (1/2).The probability of getting all of them is (1/2) x (1/2) x (1/2) x (1/2) x (1/2) x (1/2) = 1/64 = 1.5625 % .The odds are 63 to 1 against.


What are the odds of rolling less that a 4 when rolling a die once?

if you rollid a die once the odds of getting less than four would be 3/6 or 50%.


If you tossed 3 coins what are the odds you will get 2 tails?

3 out of 8


When a single card is drawn from a single deck of cards what are the odds against getting a 9?

There are four 9's and 48 non-9's. The odds against a 9 is 48 to 4.