Question

A half-life is the time required for one-half of the atoms of a radioisotope to emit radiation and decay to products. What value in this lab represents one half-life for the process of flipping coins?

Trial
Number of Flips
Number of Heads
None of the above.

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Answer 1

Correct answer: Number of Heads

Reason:

Each trial of flipping the coin reduces the number of heads by half because the coin has two sides. So the probability of getting heads, when someone flips the coin, is 50.