To find the empirical probability of getting heads, you first need to determine how many times heads were obtained. If you tossed the coin 50 times and got 12 tails, then:
Number of heads = Total tosses - Number of tails = 50 - 12 = 38 heads.
Now, the empirical probability of getting heads is calculated as the number of heads divided by the total number of tosses:
\[ \text{Empirical Probability of Heads} = \frac{\text{Number of heads}}{\text{Total tosses}} = \frac{38}{50} = 0.76. \]
To express this as a percentage, multiply by 100:
\[ 0.76 \times 100 = 76%. \]
Thus, the empirical probability of getting heads is 76%.
The correct answer is D) 76%.