7/10
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
1 out of 16
7/10
The probability that a coin will result in heads in any one toss is 1/2. If you toss the coin three times, the probability that the coin will turn up heads each time is 1/2 x 1/2 x 1/2 or 1/8, which is 12.5%.
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.
Since it is a fair coin, the probability is 0.5
The probability is 0.5 regardless how many times you toss the coin."
50% or 5
1 out of 16
The probability of a coin landing on heads is 0.5. It does not matter which toss it is, and it does not matter what the toss history was.
If it is a fair coin, the probability is exactly 50%. The coin has no memory of what it did in the last flip. ■
7/10
10 out of 32
If it is a fair coin, the probability is 1/2.
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.