Probability 3 Question 14
14. A fair coin is tossed repeatedly. If tail appears on first four tosses, then the probability of head appearing on fifth toss equals
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(1998, 2M)
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Solution:
- The event that the fifth toss results in a head is independent of the event that the first four tosses result in tails.
