Problem No.

88

A fair coin is tossed 5 times. What is the probability of getting at least one tail.

A. 0.64 B. 0.97 C. 0.58 D. 0.86

Given:

Coin is tossed 5 times

Required:

Probability of getting at least one tail

Solution:

The probability of getting a head/tail is 1/2, since the coin is tossed 5 times,

1 5 1
¿ ()
2
=
32

Since the only goal is getting at least one tail,

1 31
¿ 1− =
32 32

¿ 0.96875