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If you toss a coin 6 times and it comes down heads on each occasion. Can you say that the probability of getting a head is 1? Give reasons. - Mathematics

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If you toss a coin 6 times and it comes down heads on each occasion. Can you say that the probability of getting a head is 1? Give reasons.

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Solution

No, If let we toss a coin, then we get head or tail, both are equally like events.

So, probability is `1/2`.

If we toss a coin 6 times, then probability will be same in each case.

So, the 2 probability of getting a head is not 1.

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Chapter 13: Statistics and Probability - Exercise 13.2 [Page 162]

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NCERT Exemplar Mathematics [English] Class 10
Chapter 13 Statistics and Probability
Exercise 13.2 | Q 11 | Page 162
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