Question

Tony flips a coin and gets heads. He tells his friend that he can get heads two more times in a row .what is the probability that tony will flip a coin and get heads three times in a row

Answer 1

The probability is 1/8 or 0.125

Explanation:

In this question, we are concerned with calculating the probability that when a coin is flipped there would be a show of heads three times.

In flipping of a coin, there are only two possible results with equal probability. The probability of both events i.e P(H) and P(T) is equal and that is 1/2

Thus the probability of getting heads three times in a row will be P(HHH) meaning P(H) and another P(H) and another P(H)

When we have and in a probability question, that means we are to multiply the probabilities together.

Hence, P(HHH) = 1/2 * 1/2 * 1/2 = 1/8