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What is the probability of getting heads when you toss a coin?
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Answered 2010-03-11 17:05:37
50% or 1/2.
There is 1 heads on a coin (numerator)
There are 2 sides on a coin (denominator)
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What is the probablity that the sequence will be heads-heads-heads if you toss a coin 3 times?
the probability of getting heads-heads-heads if you toss a coin three times is 1 out of 9.
What are the odds in favor of getting heads in a single toss of a coin?
The probability of heads is 1/2.
What is the probability that it will land heads up on the sixth toss?
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.
What is the probability of getting four heads of tossing a fair coin?
It depends on how many times you toss it.
What is the Probability that you toss a coin and it lands heads up?
If it is a fair coin, the probability is 1/2.
What is the probability of flipping heads on the coin?
The probability of flipping Heads on a coin is 1 - a certainty - if the coin is flipped often enough. On a single toss of a fair coin the probability is 1/2.
When you toss a coin the probability that it will land heads up is 25 percent?
No, when you toss a coin there is a 50 percent chance it will land heads up.
You count 58 heads when you toss a coin 10 times. If you don't know whether the coin is fair what is the probability that the next toss will be heads?
If you toss a coin 10 times and count 58 heads, you know the coin is NOT fair.
What are the odds in favor of getting 2 heads when a coin is tossed twice?
One in four. 1:4. The probability of getting heads when a fair coin is tossed is: P(H) = 1/2. The probability of getting heads on a second toss is: P(H) = 1/2, this result is independent of the result of the first toss. The probability of having both events happen (heads on the first and heads on the second toss) is: P(H1UH2) = (1/2)∙(1/2) = 1/4 = 0.25 = 0.25%
If you toss a fair coin 10 times and it lands on heads 8 times what is the probability that it will land on heads?
Since it is a fair coin, the probability is 0.5
What is the probability in percent that a single coin toss will result in heads and tails?
The probability is 0%. The result will be heads or it will be tails but it cannot be heads and tails.
What is the probability of getting a tail if a coin tossed once?
Since the coin only has two sides, the probability of getting either heads or tails in any one toss is 1 in 2, or 50%. 50 precent chance. Everytime you toss it, 50 percent.
What is the probability of tossing a coin three times and getting it on heads each time?
Each toss has a 1/2 probability of getting heads. Each toss is an independent event. So three heads in a row (heads AND heads AND heads) would have a probability of:1/2 * 1/2 * 1/2 = (1/2)^3 = 1/(2^3) = 1/8 = 12.5%
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
Probability of a coin landing on heads if done 100 times?
The probability is 0.5 regardless how many times you toss the coin."
If you tossed a coin 1000 times what is the probability the 785th toss is heads?
The number of times a coin is tossed does not alter the probability of getting heads, which is 50% in every case, as long as the coin has not been rigged (i.e., a double-headed coin, a weighted coin) to alter the result.
You toss a fair coin 5 times and get 5 consecutive heads. What is the probability of tossing a head on the next toss?
If it is a fair coin, the probability is exactly 50%. The coin has no memory of what it did in the last flip. ■
What is the probability of getting tails on the first toss and heads on the second toss?
1 in 2 to get tails on first toss 1 in 2 to get heads on second toss To get tails on first toss and heads on second toss, probability is 1/2 x 1/2 = 1 in 4
When you toss a coin the probability that it will land heads up is 1 4 or 25 percent?
No, not if it is a fair coin.
What is the probability that all 3 tosses will result in heads?
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%.
You toss a coin 5 times and it lands heads up each time what is the probability that it will lands heads the sixth toss?
1/2, or 50% since you are only asking what the probability of the last outcome is.
What is the probability in percent that a single coin toss will result in heads or tails?
It is 100%. The coin will result in heads or tails since there are no other possible outcomes.
Karina tossed a coin 10 times and got heads every time what is the probability she will get heads on the next toss?
Coin tosses are independent events. The probability of a head remains 1/2
Probability of heads in a coin toss?
1/2 Because there is one side with heads (1/) and the total sides (/2)
What is the probability of getting two heads in a row followed by three tails in a row?
If you toss a coin often enough, it is a certainty, so that the probability = 1. The probability of that outcome in the first five tosses of a coin is (1/2)5 = 1/32.
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