Target Exam

CUET

Subject

-- Applied Mathematics - Section B2

Chapter

Probability Distributions

Question:

A coin is tossed 6 times. The probability that tail appears odd number of times is :

Options:

${^6C}_3\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^6$

$\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^6$

$\frac{1}{2}$

${^6C}_4\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^6$

Correct Answer:

$\frac{1}{2}$

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (3) → $\frac{1}{2}$

The number of total possible outcome,

$2^6=64$

Exactly 1 tail : ${^6C}_1=6$

Exactly 3 tail : ${^6C}_3=20$

Exactly 5 tail : ${^6C}_5=6$

∴ Probability = $\frac{20+6+6}{64}=\frac{1}{2}$