suppose you toss a coin 10 times. to the nearest thousandth, what is the probability of getting 8 tails? A.) 0.001 B.) 0.004 C.) 0.044 D.) 0.254

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anonymous · Answer

D would be correct

anonymous · Answer

im an 10th grade teacher

anonymous · Answer

im an 10th grade teacher

anonymous · Answer

thank you! how did you solve it?

anonymous · Answer

you the thousaths place to determine how to figure it out alll you have to do is take 10 and multiply it by 20 and then round to nearest number

anonymous · Answer

sorry use the thousandths place

anonymous · Answer

did you get it?

anonymous · Answer

ya i got.. when i was solving it i did 1/2 multiplied 10 times and got 1024 
so i got confused hehe
so why do we multiply by 20 though?

anonymous · Answer

exactly what you left out of 1024

anonymous · Answer

but i have to go good luck