A coin is tossed 6 times. What is the probability of the first two tosses being tails or the first three tosses are heads?
A coin is tossed 6 times. What is the probability of the first two tosses being tails or the first three tosses are heads?
Holt Mcdougal Larson Pre-algebra: Student Edition 2012
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Chapter11: Data Analysis And Probability
Section: Chapter Questions
Problem 14CR
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A coin is tossed 6 times. What is the probability of the first two tosses being tails or the first three tosses are heads?
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Probability
Probability of an event is a chance factor it can be occur at any time of the random experiment. Mathematically probability is the ratio of favorable outcomes (s) to the total possible outcomes (n)
P(event) = s/n
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