Question

You toss two coins. If you get heads with the first coin, you stop. If you get tails, you toss it again. The second coin is tossed regardless. What is the ratio of heads to tails?

Answer 1

1:1

Step-by-step explanation:

A coin has either a head or tail.

Thus, probability of head = ½

Probability of tail = ½

The first coin is tossed twice and probability of head or tail on both tosses is still ½. Thus, they will have a ratio 1:1.

The second coin is still tossed regardless and thus continuously and so should have same ratio of 1:1.

Therefore, the ratio of the both of them must, also be 1:1.