When a coin is tossed six times what is the probability of getting exactly four heads?

  1. \(\dfrac{15}{128}\)
  2. \(\dfrac{15}{32}\)
  3. \(\dfrac{15}{64}\)
  4. \(\dfrac{30}{32}\)

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Option 3 : \(\dfrac{15}{64}\)

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Calculation:

The total number of possible outcome = 26 = 64

The total possibilities of getting only 4 head = 15

The required probability = 15 / 64

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When in doubt about an exercise, a reasonable mathematical approach is to simplify the exercise data if possible; here, let's look for the probability of getting exactly $2$ heads when a coin is tossed $a=3$ times. Let's describe this random experience with the sample space $S=\{HHH,HHT,HTH,HTT,THH,THT,TTH,TTT\}$.

By the way, we make sure that $Card(S)=2^a=2^3=8$. The event $A':$"getting exactly $2$ heads" is $A'=\{HHT,HTH,THH\}$. We have$Card(A')=\mathrm{C}_{3}^{2}=\mathrm{C}_{3}^{1}=3$. Suppose that the outcomes in the sample space are equally likely to occur. Then $p(A')=\frac{\mathrm{C}_{3}^{2}}{2^3}=\frac{\mathrm{C}_{3}^{1}}{2^3}$.

So back to our original exercise, and based on what we have learned in our simple case, $p(A)=\frac{\mathrm{C}_{6}^{4}}{2^6}=\frac{\mathrm{C}_{6}^{2}}{2^6}=\frac{\frac{6\times5}{2!}}{2^6}$.


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When a coin is tossed 6 times what is the probability of getting 4 heads?

What is the probability of obtaining four or more heads? ( 3) Sol.: Let x= number of heads p= probability of getting head p=21∴q=1−p=1−21=21 Given n=6.

What is the probability of getting exactly 4 heads?

N=4: There is only one possible outcome that gives 4 heads, namely when each flip results in a head. The probability is therefore 1/16.

When a coin is tossed 4 times find the probability of getting exactly one head?

A coin has been tossed 4 times. ∴ The probability of getting at least one head is 15/16.

When 6 coins are tossed what is the probability?

So this can happen in only one way while there are 2^6 = 64 different possible outcomes for the six coin tosses so the probability that f(6) = 6 is \frac{1}{64}. The bar graph below shows the probabilities for the different possible outcomes.

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