A coin is tossed $15$ times and the outcomes are recorded as follows: $H T T H T H H H T T H T H T T$ . The chance of occurence of a head is $50$ per cent. Say true or false

True

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False

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Solution

The correct option is B False
The chance of occurrence of a head $= \frac{o c c u r r e n c e o f a h e a d}{t o t a l n u m b e r o f t r i a l s}$
$= \frac{7}{15} \times 100 = 46.6 %$
The chance of occurence of a head is $46.6$ per cent.
Hence, the given statement is false.

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