Question

If three coins are tossed simultaneously, find the probability of the event to get no head

Answer 1

Sample space,

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

∴ n(S) = 8

Let A be the event of getting no head.

∴ A = {TTT}

∴ n(A) = 1

∴ P(A) = `("n"("A"))/("n"("S"))`

∴ P(A) = `1/8`