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Grade 12Algebra

A fair coin is tossed. if tail appears on first four tosses then the probability of head appearing on fifth toss is

Profile image of avl harshitha
10 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of BALAJI ANDALAMALA
10 Years ago
It does not depend upon the outcomes of the first four tosses.So the required probabiliity is ½.
Profile image of Ankit Jaiswal
10 Years ago
if the coin is fair then the oucome of the fifth toss does not depend upon the outcomes of the first four tosses.hence the probability of head appearing on the fifth toss is always1/2