Dr. Stats Plans to toss a fair coin 10,000 times in the hope that it will lead him to a deeper understanding of the law of probability. which of the following statements is true?

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Section11.9: Independent And Dependent Events
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QUESTION 16
Dr. Stats Plans to toss a fair coin 10,000 times in the hope that it will lead him to a deeper
understanding of the law of probability. which of the following statements is true?
O It is unlikely that Dr. Stat will get more than 5000 heads.
O Whenever Dr.Stat gets a string of 10 tails in a row, it becomes more likely that the next toss
will be a head.
O The fraction of tosses resulting in heads should be close to 0.5
O The chance that the 100th toss will be a head depends somewhat on the results of the first 99
toss.
Transcribed Image Text:QUESTION 16 Dr. Stats Plans to toss a fair coin 10,000 times in the hope that it will lead him to a deeper understanding of the law of probability. which of the following statements is true? O It is unlikely that Dr. Stat will get more than 5000 heads. O Whenever Dr.Stat gets a string of 10 tails in a row, it becomes more likely that the next toss will be a head. O The fraction of tosses resulting in heads should be close to 0.5 O The chance that the 100th toss will be a head depends somewhat on the results of the first 99 toss.
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