Question

Lita has a coin with heads on one side and tails on the other side. She is going to flip it in the air three times. What is the probability of the coin landing tails up on the first flip and heads up twice on the last two flips? P(Tails, then heads, then heads) Are the events above independent or dependent events?

Answer 1

Answer:

Three coin flips will have 8 outcomes:

A) H  H  H

B) H  H  T

C) H  T  T

D) T  T  T

E) T  T  H

F) T  H  T

G) T  H  H

H) H  T  H

Odd of tails on 1st flip then H H are 1 in 8 or (1/8) or .125

These events would be dependent.

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Answer 2

Answer:

Its a 50 percent chance

Step-by-step explanation:

The reason is because there are only two options, and i believe it is a independent