What the the probability of getting 2 heads when two coins are flipped 5 times?

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asked Aug 26, 2021 89.9k views

2 Answers

Henhen · Answer 1 · 2021-08-26T11:23:10+0000

Answer:

50%

Explanation:

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^ ^ X5

(H) (T) (H) (T)

The probability will always be 50% due to their only being 2 sides.

It will only be, IT WILL land on heads, or its NOT.

Yurii Bratchuk · Answer 2 · 2021-08-30T04:19:51+0000

Answer: 18

Explanation:

The probability of this event is 424=1/4. Then the probability of 5th toss is head is 1/2. Hence, in the end the answer is 14⋅12=18.