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Seth tossed a fair coin five times and got five heads. The probability that the next toss will be a tail is

1 0
2 5/6
3 1/6
4 1/2
16 years ago

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Answered by Count Iblis
1/2
16 years ago
Answered by RickP
A coin has no memory. Each flip is independent of any flips that came before. So yes, it is 1/2
16 years ago

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