The standard deviation of the number of tails in three tosses of a coin is: |
$\frac{3}{4}$ $\frac{3}{2}$ $\frac{3}{\sqrt{2}}$ $\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}$ |
$\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}$ |
The correct answer is Option (4) → $\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}$ Let X = number of tails in 3 tosses of a fair coin X follows Binomial distribution: n = 3, p = 0.5 Variance of binomial: σ² = n p (1 − p) = 3 × 0.5 × 0.5 = 0.75 Standard deviation: σ = √0.75 ≈ 0.866 |