Chapter 5, Problem 1PT

To determine

To find: The statement that is true.

Answer to Problem 1PT

The statement that is true is (c).

Explanation of Solution

Given:

A coin has been tossed 10,000 times.

Coin is fair.

Calculation:

The coin is fair. Thus, heads and tails are equally likely. Thus, half of the heads and tails are expected.

It means there would be 5000 heads and 5000 tails. The probability of getting head is:

  $\begin{array}{c}P\left(\text{Head}\right)=\frac{5000}{10000}\\ =\frac{1}{2}\end{array}$

Thus, it could be said that fraction of getting heads is ½.

Hence, the correct option is (e).