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# What is the probability of getting exactly 8 tails in a row when flipping a coin ten times?

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It is 3/1024 = 0.00293, approx.

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## Related Questions

### What is the probability of flipping 3 coins and getting all heads or tails?

The probabilty of you flipping 3 coins and getting all heads or tails is 0.125 or 1/8.

### What is the probability of flipping 4 coins and getting all heads or all tails?

The probability of getting all heads is 1/24 = 1/16 The probability of getting all tails is also 1/24 = 1/16 The probability of all heads or all tails is the sum of the two = 1/8

### What is the probability of flipping three tails when three coins are flipped?

The probability of flipping three tails with three coins is (1 in 2)3 or 1 in 8 or 0.125.

### What is the probability of flipping 4 fair coins 1 time and getting all tails?

The probability of getting all tails when you flip 4 fair coins 1 time is:P(4 tails) = (1/2)4 = 1/16 = 0.0625 = 6.25%

### What is the probability of flipping no heads when you flip three identical coins?

The probability of flipping one coin and getting tails is 1/2. In order to find the probability of multiple events occurring, you find the product of all the events. For 3 coins the probability of getting tails 3 times is 1/8 because .5 x .5 x .5 = .125 or 1/8.

### If you Flip four coins at once what is probability of 2 head and 3 tail?

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/If_you_Flip_four_coins_at_once_what_is_probability_of_2_head_and_3_tail" The probability of flipping four coins and getting 2 heads and 3 tails is ZERO 2 heads and 3 tails requires flipping FIVE coins.

### What is the probability of getting exactly seven tails if you flip a coin eight times?

The probability of getting exactly seven tails if you flip a coin eight times is: P(7T1H) = 8&#8729;(1/2)8 =0.03125 &asymp; 3.1%

### What is the probability of getting exactly 2 tails of tossing a coin?

The probability of getting two tails when tossing a coin is zero, because the coin can only have one result. If, one the other hand, you toss the coin twice, then the probability of getting two tails is 0.25, i.e. the probability of one tail, 0.5, squared.

### What is the probability of flipping a coin 20 times and getting 1 tails and 1 heads?

None, since that would imply that in 18 cases the coin did not show heads or tails!

### The probability of getting a six on a six sided die and then getting a tails?

The probability of getting a six on a six sided die and then getting a tails is zero. There is no tails on a die.

### What is the probability of rolling a 1 or 6 on a number cube and flipping tails on a coin?

The probability of flipping tails on a perfect coin in a perfect toss is 0.5. The probability of rolling 1 on a die is 1 in 6. Likewise, the probability of rolling 6 on a die is 1 in 6. So the probability of rolling either 1 or 6 is 2 in 6 (which is 1 in 3).

### What is the probability of getting tails when you flip a coin?

Each time you flip a coin, the probability of getting either heads or tails is 50%.

### What is the probability of getting three tails if you flip a coin three times?

Since the probability of getting tails is 50% or 0.5, the probability of three tails would be 0.5*0.5*0.5=0.125 or 12.5 %

### Which comes up more when flipping a quarter Heads or tails?

Neither. Its a 50:50 probability. In the long run, heads will match tails.

### While flipping a coin 100 times John gets 44 heads and 56 tails Enter the theoretical probability of getting a tail while flipping a perfectly balanced coin?

Every time you flip a coin it has a 50% chance of heads and a 50% chance of tails. Flipping a coin multiple times does not change that. Therefore the answer is 50%

### What is the probability of getting tails twice in a row?

The probability of tossing a coin twice and getting tails both times is 1 in 4, or 25%. If you have already tossed a coin and had it land on tails, the probability that it will land on tails again the next time you toss it is 50%.

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