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The probability that exactly one will land heads up is 0.15625

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Q: When tossing 5 coins simultaneously what is the probability one will land heads up?
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When tossing 5 coins simultaneously what is the probability that at least 1 head is showing?

Probability of no heads = (0.5)^5 = 0.03125Probability of at least one head = 1 - probability of no heads = 1 - 0.03125 = 0.96875


What is the probability of getting 2 heads when 2 coins are tossed?

The probability of tossing two heads in two coins is 0.25.


What is probability of tossing five heads from five coins?

the probability is 0.03125 or 3.123%


What is the probability of tossing sixteen coins and getting 6 heads?

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Four coins tossed what is the probability of tossing all heads?

If they are fair coins, it is 1/16.


What is the probability of tossing two coins and getting heads on both?

1/2


What is the probability of tossing four coins and getting four heads if the first two tosses are heads?

The conditional probability is 1/4.


What is the probability of tossing seven coins at one time and having 7 of them come up heads?

The probability would be once in 128 attempts. You don't have to toss seven coins simultaneously. the 7 tosses just have to be independent of one another.


What is the probability that you will get 4 heads in tossing 4 coins?

The probability is 1/2^4 = 1/16


What is the probability of NOT tossing two heads with two fair coins?

It is 3/4 or 0.75


When tossing 3 coins simultaneously find the probability that at least 1 head is showing?

No matter how many coins are thrown, the possibility of having AT LEAST ONE 'head' is 50%. This changes if you specify the number of 'heads' that must be shown.


If n coins are tossed simultaneously what is the probability that they are all show heads?

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