Question 73

A fair coin is tossed repeatedly. If head appears on the first four tosses, then the probability of appearance of tail on the fifth toss is

Solution

Probability of head=1/2

Because coin have only two chances tails or head.

And the statement that tails come 4 times will not affect the fifth toss.

So the probability of getting head=$$\frac{1}{2}$$


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