Question

You toss 5 coins. What is the probability that all 5 show heads?

Answer 1

1

32


1

16


1

12


1
4

Answer 2

The 5 coin tosses are independent events.
The outcome of each event does not influence any other events.
Find the probability of each event and multiply them all together.

Answer 3

Also, you can type fractions this way:
A. 1/32
B. 1/16
C. 1/12
D. 1/4

Answer 4

so whats the answer ? because i don't get it

Answer 5

When you toss one coin, there are 2 possible outcomes.
You are interested in one outcome.
The probability of an outcome is:
number of desired outcomes/total number of outcomes

If you want a heads, your number of desired outcomes is 1
Since a coin can fall as heads or tails, there are two possible outcomes.

The probability of getting heads is
1/2
which is the 1desired outcome divided by the 2 possible outcomes.

Ok so far?

Answer 6

0.25 ?

Answer 7

each coin has \(\dfrac{1}{2}\) of getting heads
flipping 5 coins has a chance of \(\dfrac{1}{2}*\dfrac{1}{2}*\dfrac{1}{2}*\dfrac{1}{2}*\dfrac{1}{2}\)

Answer 8

No.
For each toss, the probability of heads is 1/2
Since all tosses are independent events, you multiply all their probabilities together:

1/2 * 1/2 * 1/2 * 1/2 * 1/2 = 1/32