Question 31 Two coins are tossed simultaneously. What is the probability of getting (i) At least one head? (ii) At most one tail? (iii) A head and a tail?When 2 coins are tossed
Possible outcomes = HH, TH, HT, TT
Letβs solve each part individually
(i) At least one head?
Now,
Outcomes with atleast with 1 head = HH, HT, TH
Thus,
P(getting atleast 1 head)
= (ππ’ππππ ππ ππ’π‘πππππ π€ππ‘β ππ‘ππππ π‘ 1 βπππ)/(πππ‘ππ ππ’ππππ ππ ππ’π‘πππππ )
= π/π(ii) At most one tail?
Now,
Outcomes with atmost with 1 tail = HH, HT, TH
Thus,
P(getting atmost 1 tail)
= (ππ’ππππ ππ ππ’π‘πππππ π€ππ‘β ππ‘πππ π‘ 1 π‘πππ)/(πππ‘ππ ππ’ππππ ππ ππ’π‘πππππ )
= π/π
(iii) A head and a tail?
Now,
Outcomes with a head and a tail = HT, TH
Thus,
P(getting with a head and a tail )
= (ππ’ππππ ππ ππ’π‘πππππ π€ππ‘β π βπππ πππ π π‘πππ)/(πππ‘ππ ππ’ππππ ππ ππ’π‘πππππ )
= 2/4
= π/π
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Davneet Singh
Davneet Singh has done his B.Tech from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. He has been teaching from the past 14 years. He provides courses for Maths, Science and Computer Science at Teachoo
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