Question

A game consists of tossing a one rupee coin 3 times and recording its outcome each time.
Hanif wins if all the tosses give the same result i.e., three heads or three tails, and loses
otherwise Calculate the probability that Hanif will lose the game.
time? G5​

Answer 1

Answer

3/4

Explanation

H --> Heads , T --> Tails

Sample space ={HHH,HHT,HTH,HTT,THH,THT,TTH,TTT}

Outcomes when he does not choose 3 heads or 3 tails ={HHT,HTH,HTT,THH,THT,TTH}

Probability of losing = 6/8 = 3/4

Answer 2

Answer:

3/4

Step-by-step explanation:

There are total 8 outcomes.

HHH

HHT

HTT

HTH

TTT

TTH

THH

THT

out of these only 2 are favourable and 6 are not.

so Probabilty of losing is 6/8 = 3/4.

Hope it helps.

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