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Gene is tossing a normal quarter. He tosses the quarter 12 times and it lands on heads 9 times. If Gene tosses the quarter again, what is the probability that it lands on tails? Input your answer in fraction form.

User Mr Peach
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Answer:

1/2

Explanation:

This is an independent event. It does not matter what happened before the chances of getting a tail on one toss will always be what I want/all outcomes. There are only 2 outcomes: heads or tails. I am only looking for one of those outcomes, so 1/2.

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