SOLUTION: A student claims that if a coin is tossed and comes up heads 5 times in a row, then, according to the law of averages, the probability of tails on the next toss is greater than th
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Question 445869: A student claims that if a coin is tossed and comes up heads 5 times in a row, then, according to the law of averages, the probability of tails on the next toss is greater than the probability of heads. What is your reply?
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If it is a fair coin the chance of it coming up heads is always 0.5
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