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Because there are only 2 outcomes for the flip of a coin, for 5 flips you just need to take (1/2)5, which equals 1/32.
This implies there are 32 different outcomes for the case of tossing a coin 5 times. From these 32 outcomes 5 have exactly 4 heads: THHHH, HTHHH, HHTHH, HHHTH, and HHHHT. So the probability of getting exactly 4 heads when you toss a coin 5 times is:
P(4H,!T) = 5/32 = 0.15625 ≈ 15.6%
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What is the probability is of getting 3 heads in a row if I toss the coin 10 times?
The probability of getting 3 or more heads in a row, one or more times is 520/1024 = 0.508 Of these, the probability of getting exactly 3 heads in a row, exactly once is 244/1024 = 0.238
What is the probability of obtaining exactly 4 heads in a coin?
About a 1 in 16 chance of getting a coin to land on heads 4 times in a row.
A fair coin is tossed three times find the probability of getting exactly 2 heads?
3 out of 8
When you toss a coin 5 times probability of getting exactly 2 heads?
2/10 --> 1/5
When a coin is tossed three times what is the probability of getting at most two heads?
The opposite of getting at most two heads is getting three heads. The probability of getting three heads is (1/2)^2, which is 1/8. The probability of getting at most two heads is then 1 - 1/8 which is 7/8.
