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# What is the probability of getting heads when you toss a coin?

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50% or 1/2.

There is 1 heads on a coin (numerator)

There are 2 sides on a coin (denominator)

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## Related Questions

### 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 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 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.

### 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)&#8729;(1/2) = 1/4 = 0.25 = 0.25%

### 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. &#9632;

### 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

### 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%.

### 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.

### 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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