coin flipping

When u flip a coin there are two possible outcomes. when u flip 2 coins there are 4 possible outcomes.

how many outcomes are possible when you flip 33 coins?


The answer is 8589934592.

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4 solutions

Shiv Ram
Jan 2, 2015

Just the formula of 2^n for n number of coins.

Prasun Biswas
Jan 2, 2015

When you flip a coin, there are only 2 2 possible outcomes, a head ( denote by H ) (\textrm{denote by } H) or a tail ( denote by T ) (\textrm{denote by } T) . Thus, the sample space of possible outcomes for the i th i^{\textrm{th}} coin, when flipped, is S i = S = { H , T } n ( S ) = 2 S_i=S=\{H,T\} \implies n(S)=2 .

When 33 33 coins are flipped, each of the coins can give either one of the outcomes from S S and their outcomes are independent of the outcomes of the other coins. Using the rule of product, we have,

Total no. of outcomes = i = 1 33 n ( S ) = 2 33 = 8589934592 =\displaystyle \prod_{i=1}^{33} n(S) = 2^{33}=\boxed{8589934592}

Yes , Fundamental principle of counting

U Z - 6 years, 5 months ago
Palash Som
Jan 2, 2015

a simple solution for it could be 2^11 2^11 2^11 i.e = 2048 * 2048 * 2048

which is equal to = 8589934592

Nafiz Ahmed
Jul 27, 2014

for one coin its 2^1=2 for 2 coins its 2^2 =4 so for 33 coins its 2^33=8589934592

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