Question

a game consists of tossing a one rupee coin 3 times and nothing its outcome each time .Honey wins if all the tosses give the same result that is 3 heads or three tails and losers otherwise. calculate the probability that Honey will lose the game.

Answer 1

The possible outcomes are

{HHH, TTT, HHT, HTH, THH, TTH, THT, HTT}

Number of total possible outcomes = 8

Number of favourable outcomes = 2 {i.e., TTT and HHH}

P (Honey will win the game) is 2/8 = 1/4


P (Honey will lose the game) is 1 - 1/4 = 3/4