Question

A fair coin is flipped seven times. what is the probability of the coin landing tails up at least two times?

Answer 1

The required probability of the coin landing tails up at least two times is 15/16.

Given that,
A fair coin is flipped seven times. what is the probability of the coin landing tails up at least two times is to be determined.

What is probability?

Probability can be defined as the ratio of favorable outcomes to the total number of events.

Here,
In the given question,
let's approach inverse operation,
The probability of all tails  = 1 / 2^7 because there is only one way to flip these coins and get no heads.
The probability of getting 1 head = 7 /2^7
Adding both the probability = 8 / 2^7
Probability of the coin landing tails up at least two times = 1 - 8/2^7
                                                                                     = 1 - 8 / 128
                                                                                     = 120 / 128
                                                                                     = 15 / 16

Thus, the required probability of the coin landing tails up at least two times is 15/16.

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