Question

. If you were to flip a coin five times, what would be the probability that you would flip tails all five times?

Answer 1

1/5 or 20%

Explanation:

There is five possible combinations.

Tails once.

Tails twice.

Tails three times.

Tails four times.

And tails five time.

You only want one which and since there is five possibilities then the chances of getting one is 1/5 or 20%

Answer 2

1/32 or just over a 3%

Explanation:

so we can represent it as 1/2^n (half to the power of n) where n is the number of times we flip the coin. So the odds of flipping a coin 5 times and getting 5 heads are 1/2 ^5 (half to the power of 5).