JEE Main On 8 April 2017 Question 14
Question: An unbiased coin is tossed eight times. The probability of obtaining at least one head and at least one tails is: [JEE Online 08-04-2017]
Options:
A) $ \frac{127}{128} $
B) $ \frac{63}{64} $
C) $ \frac{255}{256} $
D) $ \frac{1}{2} $
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Answer:
Correct Answer: A
Solution:
- $ 1-\int _{{}}^{{}}{P(All,Head)+P(All,Tail)} $ $ 1={ \frac{1}{2^{8}}+\frac{1}{2^{8}} } $ $ =1-\frac{1}{2^{7}} $ $ =1-\frac{1}{128}=\frac{127}{128} $