Question

if a fair coin is tossed 5 times, what is the probability ,to the nearest thousandth, of getting exactly 1 tails

Answer 1

Number of ways to get exactly 1 tail = C(5,1) = 5. Total outcomes = 2^5 = 32.
Probability = 5/32 = 0.15625 → to the nearest thousandth: 0.156.