plz help me
2007-01-10 08:11:34 · 4 answers · asked by ? 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
It's 50/50, regarldess of which time you throw it. The odds don't get better or worse.
2007-01-10 08:19:07 · answer #1 · answered by amorgan4osu 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'll answer with another question:
If a coin lands on heads 499 times in a row, what will it land on the 500th time?
Answer: Either, its always 50:50. Coins don't remember what side they landed on, the next flip could go either way despite what the one before it was.
Probability is the number of times something happens in theory, if you could flip a coin an infinite number of times it would be half heads half tails. But the number of times it lands of heads or tails in practice could be different. You should get about even numbers of both, but you may get more of one or the other.
2007-01-10 16:21:12 · answer #2 · answered by ukcufs 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The probability of getting heads when flipping a coin is always 50%, regardless of how many times it is flipped. This is because there are only two possible outcomes (heads or tails) and these outcomes are not dependant on anything else happening.
2007-01-10 16:18:02 · answer #3 · answered by Toutatis 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i join the consensus....probability of ANY toss being a head is .5
NOW....if the question is read as "what is the probability of a head coming up on (all of the following throws) the 2nd AND the 4th AND the 9th AND the 15th....
then it is .0625 ( a 1 in 16 chance of ALL four being heads).
2007-01-10 16:47:48 · answer #4 · answered by Tiberius 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋