* I have a question. The sentence below says, "A PENNY, a NICKEL, and a DIME are flipped....." Does this go in order? That is,.....for example:
(H,T,H)The first H is for PENNY, the T is for NICKEL, and the last H is for DIME?
A penny, a nickel, and a dime are flipped at the same time. Each coin can come out either heads (H) or tails (T).
That is the way I listed them in my reply to you, but the column you use for each does not matter. In other words it does not matter what order you toss them, just toss each of them once.
I headed the first column p
the second n
the third d
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1. A person has a penny, a nickel, a dime, a quarter, and a half-dollar in his pocket. If a coin is selected at random, find the probability that
a) the coin is
b) a. A quarter.
c) b. A coin whose amount is greater than five cents
Yes, the sentence "A PENNY, a NICKEL, and a DIME are flipped" indicates that all three coins are flipped simultaneously. However, the order in which the coins are listed, starting with the penny and ending with the dime, does not imply any specific order in which the coins will land heads or tails. Each coin has an independent probability of landing either heads or tails regardless of its position in the sentence.
For example, let's consider the possible outcomes of the coin flips:
(H, H, H): The first H represents the outcome of the penny flip, the second H represents the outcome of the nickel flip, and the third H represents the outcome of the dime flip.
(H, H, T): The first H represents the outcome of the penny flip, the second H represents the outcome of the nickel flip, and the T represents the outcome of the dime flip.
(H, T, H): The first H represents the outcome of the penny flip, the T represents the outcome of the nickel flip, and the second H represents the outcome of the dime flip.
(T, H, H): The T represents the outcome of the penny flip, the first H represents the outcome of the nickel flip, and the second H represents the outcome of the dime flip.
And so on...
In summary, the order in which the coins are listed does not determine the order of heads or tails outcomes. Each coin flip is independent of the others, and the outcome of each coin flip is equally likely to be heads or tails.