If you toss a coin 10 times and count 58 heads, you know the coin is NOT fair.
Since it is a fair coin, the probability is 0.5
7/10
1 out of 16
Toss a coin 20 times and see what happens.It is POSSIBLE to always get 10 heads and 10 tails...but it is not very PROBABLE.
the probability of getting heads-heads-heads if you toss a coin three times is 1 out of 9.
If you toss a coin 10 times and count 58 heads, you know the coin is NOT fair.
The probability is 0.5 regardless how many times you toss the coin."
as many times as it lands on its tail.
Since it is a fair coin, the probability is 0.5
7/10
50% or 5
1 out of 16
Expected number of heads is 1/4 * 32 or 8 heads.
Toss a coin 20 times and see what happens.It is POSSIBLE to always get 10 heads and 10 tails...but it is not very PROBABLE.
Since there are 2 outcomes for a coin toss, and you will toss the coin 3 times the number of outcomes are 23 or 8. Since H-T-H can occur only 1 way, the probability of the H-T-H sequence is 1/8.
The odds are 50/50. A tossed coin does not have a memory.