Which strategy best explains how to solve this problem?
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Answer:
a) 25%
b) 50%
c) 87.5%
Step-by-step explanation:
There are number of outcome in total.
a)First and last flips come up heads. There are 4 outcomes here. Probability of the event is 4/16 = 1/4, or 25%.
- HHHH
- HHTH
- HTHH
- HTTH
b) at least 2 Consecutive flips that is heads. There are 8 outcomes. Probability of event is 8/16 = 1/2, or 50%
- HHHH
- HHHT
- HHTH
- HHTT
- THHH
- THHT
- HTHH
- TTHH
c) At least 2 consecutive flips that are the same. There are 14 outcomes. Probability of 14/16 = 7/8, or 87.5%
- HHHH
- HHHT
- HHTH
- HHTT
- THHH
- THHT
- HTHH
- TTHH
- TTTT
- TTTH
- TTHT
- HTTT
- HTTH
- THTT