Homework Help: math

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, November 4, 2010 at 8:11am.

Your friend is tossing a coin. He says that heads and tails are equally likey outcomes, so the probability of getting heads is 50/50. Explain your friends error.

math - PsyDAG, Thursday, November 4, 2010 at 1:05pm
There is no error if you are talking about just one toss.
Prob. of head = 50%
Prob. of tail = 50%

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