If flipping a coin is equally likely to result in heads or tails, the odds of flipping a coin six times and getting only one head are 3 out of 16.
A.
True
B.
False

Question

If flipping a coin is equally likely to result in heads or tails, the odds of flipping a coin six times and getting only one head are 3 out of 16.
 A.	
  True  
 B.	
  False

pooja195 · Answer

If you flip a coin 6 times, there are 2 possibilities for each coin, so the total number of possibilities is 2^6 = 64, and we are assuming they are equally as likely. There are six ways that you can get just one head. The first coin could come up a head with the rest tails, or the second one can be the only head, and so on for each of the 6 coins. The probability of only one coin being a head is therefore 6/64 = 3/32, which is not 3/16, so the answer is False.