Question

Kendall flips a weighted coin 8 times and gets 2 tails. Based on experimental probability, how many of the next 16 flips should Kendall expect to come up tails?

Answer 1

Answer:

4 times.

Step-by-step explanation:

We have been given that Kendall flips a weighted coin 8 times and gets 2 tails. We are asked to find the number of tails that Kendall should expect to come up in next 16 flips.            

$\text{Best prediction}=\text{Probability of getting tails}\times \text{Number of flips}$

Let us find find probability of getting tails.

$\text{Probability of getting heads up}=\frac{\text{Number of tails}}{\text{Number of flips}}$

$\text{Probability of getting heads up}=\frac{2}{8}$

Upon substituting the probability, we will get:

$\text{Best prediction}=\frac{2}{8}\times 16$

$\text{Best prediction}=2\times 2$

$\text{Best prediction}=4$

Therefore, Kendall should expect to come up tails 4 times of the next 16 flips.