Question 15

A coin is tossed 200 times and head appeared 120 times. The probability of getting a head in this experiment is:

(a) $\frac{2}{5}$

(b) $\frac{3}{5}$

(c) $\frac{1}{5}$

(d) $\frac{4}{5}$

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Given, head appeared 120 times, if a coin is tossed 200 times.
Then, probability of getting a head in this experiment
$= \frac{N u m b e r o f t i m e s h e a d a p p e a r e d}{N u m b e r o f t i m e s c o i n i s t o s s e d} = \frac{120}{200} = \frac{3}{5}$

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Q. Question 28
Two coins are tossed 1000 times and the outcomes are recorded as below

\begin{matrix} N u m b e r o f h e a d s & 2 & 1 & 0 F r e q u e n c y & 200 & 550 & 250 \end{matrix}

Based on this information, the probability for atmost one head is:

A)

\frac{1}{5}

\frac{1}{4}

\frac{4}{5}

\frac{3}{4}

Question 28
Two coins are tossed 1000 times and the outcomes are recorded as below

$\begin{matrix} Number of heads & 2 & 1 & 0 Frequency & 200 & 550 & 250 \end{matrix}$

Based on this information, the probability for atmost one head is:

A) $\frac{1}{5}$
B) $\frac{1}{4}$
C) $\frac{4}{5}$
D) $\frac{3}{4}$

A coin was tossed 10 times, out of which heads appeared 7 times. Based on the given data, what is the experimental probability of getting heads in the next toss?

Three coins are tossed 200 times and we get

three heads: 39 times; two heads: 58 times;

one head: 67 times; 0 head: 36 times.

When three coins are tossed at random, what is the probability of getting (i) 3 heads? (ii) 1 head? (iii) 0 head? (iv) 2 heads?

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Question 15 A coin is tossed 200 times and head appeared 120 times. The probability of getting a head in this experiment is: (a) 25 (b) 35 (c) 15 (d) 45

Ans: () Given, head appeared 120 times, if a coin is tossed 200 times. Then, probability of getting a head in this experiment =Number of times head appearedNumber of times coin is tossed=120200=35

Question 15

A coin is tossed 200 times and head appeared 120 times. The probability of getting a head in this experiment is:

(a) $\frac{2}{5}$

(b) $\frac{3}{5}$

(c) $\frac{1}{5}$

(d) $\frac{4}{5}$

Ans: ()
Given, head appeared 120 times, if a coin is tossed 200 times.
Then, probability of getting a head in this experiment
$= \frac{N u m b e r o f t i m e s h e a d a p p e a r e d}{N u m b e r o f t i m e s c o i n i s t o s s e d} = \frac{120}{200} = \frac{3}{5}$