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If you toss 3 coins what are the odds of getting exactly 3 heads?
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∙ 14y ago
The odds of getting 3 heads in a toss of 3 coins is 1 in 8, or 0.125.
Each coin is probabalistically unrelated to each other, so you simply multiply the odds for each coin. 1 in 2 times 1 in 2 times 1 in 2 is 1 in 8.
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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.
What is probability of getting all heads if 3 coins are tossed simultaneously?
There is a probability of 0.5 of heads on each coin, so there is a 1/2 * 1/2 *1/2 = 1/8 = 0.125 chance that all coins land heads. You can also express this as a percentage, 12.5% chance. The odds are 1 in 8 that this can happen.
What is the probability of getting three heads if you flip four coins?
75% is not correct. The odds of flipping 4 independent coins is the same as flipping one coin 4 times. The number of outcomes of 4 flips is 2^4 or 16. The number of ways to exactly get 3 Heads is 4 (THHH, HTHH, HHTH, HHHT) so your chance of flipping 3 heas is 4/16 or 25%. If you include the occurance that produced 4 of 4 Heads, then you get 5/16 or 31.25%.
What are the odds of getting heads six times in a row with a coin?
you have about a 42% chance for that to happen
If 4 coins are tossed what is the probability of getting 3 heads?
C1, C2, C3, C4The number of combinations is 4 base 2, or 16.There are 4 possible scenarios where you get 3 heads.So the odds are 4:16, or 1:4.
What are the odds for flipping two coins and getting two heads?
1 in 4
What are the odds against getting exactly two heads in three successive flips of a coin?
Three in eight are the odds of getting exactly two heads in three coin flips. There are eight ways the three flips can end up, and you can get two heads and a tail, a head and a tail and a head, or a tail and two heads to get exactly two heads.
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.
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.
What are the odds in favor of getting heads in a single toss of a coin?
The probability of heads is 1/2.
What are the odds of flipping a coin and getting heads?
.5 or 1/2
What is probability of getting all heads if 3 coins are tossed simultaneously?
There is a probability of 0.5 of heads on each coin, so there is a 1/2 * 1/2 *1/2 = 1/8 = 0.125 chance that all coins land heads. You can also express this as a percentage, 12.5% chance. The odds are 1 in 8 that this can happen.
Is it true that the past outcomes of coins flips greatly affect the outcomes of furture coin flips?
It's human nature to think so, but no. Even after getting 100 heads in a row, the odds of the next flip being heads is still 50%.
What is the probability of getting three heads if you flip four coins?
75% is not correct. The odds of flipping 4 independent coins is the same as flipping one coin 4 times. The number of outcomes of 4 flips is 2^4 or 16. The number of ways to exactly get 3 Heads is 4 (THHH, HTHH, HHTH, HHHT) so your chance of flipping 3 heas is 4/16 or 25%. If you include the occurance that produced 4 of 4 Heads, then you get 5/16 or 31.25%.
What are the odds of getting heads six times in a row with a coin?
you have about a 42% chance for that to happen
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%).
Find the odds for getting two tails when two fair coins are flipped?
25%
