Probability-6

The probability of obtaining more tails than heads in 6 tosses of a fair coin is

2/64 22/64 5/64 1/64 21/64

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1 solution

Sumanth R Hegde
Dec 30, 2016

Consider the probability of obtaining equal number of heads and tails . This amounts to ( 6 3 ) ( 1 2 ) 6 { 6 \choose 3} (\frac{1}{2})^6 ( Call this Y Y )

Now , it is equally likely that number of tails is greater than heads / lesser than number of heads

Hence probability that number of tails is more than number of heads is

1 Y 2 = 22 64 \displaystyle \large \frac{1 - Y } {2} = \frac{22}{64}

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