SOLUTION: A fair coin is tossed 12 times, each time coming up heads. On the next coin toss, what is the probability that the coin will come up tails?
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Question 1201419: A fair coin is tossed 12 times, each time coming up heads. On the next coin toss, what is the probability that the coin will come up tails?
Answer by ikleyn(52786) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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For a coin, this probability to get Tail is = 0.5 at each and every toss.
Independently on what happened before . . .
It is why we call this coin " fair ".
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