Question

For an in-class demonstration, a teacher flips a fair coin 5 times, and each of the 5 times it lands on heads. A student argues that it is more likely to land on tails on the next, or 6th, flip. Is the student correct? Explain your reasoning.

Answer 1

Nope. Probability is always 1/2, cause there are 2 sides of the coin. No more or less likely to be heads or tails on the 6th flip

Answer 2

The student is incorrect. Independent events are events in which the outcome of one event doesn't affect the outcome of another. Flipping a 6 x is 6 independent events. The probablilty of the next flip landing on heads is still 1/2.

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