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Question
Classify the following events:
Getting head when a coin is tossed.
Options
Certain to happen
Impossible to happen
May or may not happen
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Solution
May or may not happen
Explanation:
Getting head, when a coin is tossed may or may not happen as a coin has head and tail on its two faces. So, we might get a head or a tail on tossing it.
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