Q.

State true or false.


I toss three coins together. The possible outcomes are no heads, 1 head, 2 heads, and 3 heads. So, I say that the probability of no heads is 1 4   .


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a

True

b

False 

answer is B.

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Detailed Solution

Given statement is that three coins are tossed together.
The possible outcome for three heads together is 8 {HHH, TTT, HTT, THT, TTH, THH, HTH, HHT, in which one outcome is three tails or no head i.e. TTT.
So, probability for no head or three tails is 1 8  .
So, the given statement is false, and the probability of no heads is 1 8  .
Therefore, 2 is the correct option.
 
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State true or false.I toss three coins together. The possible outcomes are no heads, 1 head, 2 heads, and 3 heads. So, I say that the probability of no heads is 1 4   .