SOLUTION: Lita flipped a coin 5 times. On each flip the coin landed on tails. Which of these shows how to calculate the probability of this outcome?
a. 5 x 1/2
b. 1/2 x 1/5
c. 1/2 x
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Question 1160564: Lita flipped a coin 5 times. On each flip the coin landed on tails. Which of these shows how to calculate the probability of this outcome?
a. 5 x 1/2
b. 1/2 x 1/5
c. 1/2 x 1/2 x 1/2 x 1/2 x 1/2
d. 1/2 + 1/2 + 1/2 + 1/2 + 1/2
Answer by ikleyn(52915) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Option c.
I do not explain "why".
If you need explanation, it means you don't know the basics.
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On simple and simplest problems of Elementary Probability theory see the lessons
- Simple and simplest probability problems
- Solving probability problems using complementary probability
- Elementary Probability problems related to combinations
- A True/False test
- A multiple choice answers test
- Typical probability problems from the archive
- Experimental probability problems
in this site.
Also, you have this free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-II in this site
- ALGEBRA-II - YOUR ONLINE TEXTBOOK.
The referred lessons are the part of this online textbook under the topic "Solved problems on Probability".
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