alleryRoughly what is the chance of ten heads in ten tosses of a fair coin?
AAbout 1 in 10
BAbout 1 in 100
CAbout 1 in 1,000
DAbout 1 in 100,000
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. About 1 in 1,000
1. Each toss has probability one half of a head.
2. Ten in a row gives one half to the tenth power, about 0.000976.
3. That is less than one in one thousand.
_Source: Wikipedia, Inductive reasoning, Comparison with deductive reasoning_
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