For an in-class demonstration, a teacher flips a fair coin 5 times, and each of the 5 times it lands on heads. A student argues that it is more likely to land on tails on the next, or 6th, flip. Is the student correct? Explain your reasoning.

The student is incorrect. Independent events are events in which the outcome of one event doesn't affect the outcome of another. Flipping a 6 x is 6 independent events. The probablilty of the next flip landing on heads is still 1/2.

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onyebuchinnaji onyebuchinnaji · Answer 2 · 2022-04-15T14:56:52+02:00

The student is not correct because the probablity of flipping the coin the 6th time won't change.

What is independent event?

Two events are said to be independent if the occurrence of one does not affect the probability of occurrence of the other.

Flipping a coin is an example of an independent event.

That is, when flipping a coin, the probability of getting a head does not change no matter how many times you flip the coin

Flipping the coin the 6th time is independent events and the probablilty of the next flip landing on heads is still 0.5. Thus, the student is not correct.

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