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Suppose you toss a fair coin 100 times and get 51 heads and 49 tails. What is the probability that the next flip results in a tail

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Answer:

.50 or 50%

Explanation:

Since it is a fair coin, every time you flip it you have an equal chance of getting a heads or a tails. Since these are indpedent events what you got before does not affect what you will get, thus the answer being 0.50 or 50%.

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