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Question 111

A fair coin is tossed 40 times. About how many times would you expect it to land on heads?

  1. 40
  2. 10
  3. 20Correct answer
  4. 2

Explanation

Heads has a probability of one half, so it is expected on half of the tosses, and half of 40 is 20. Answering 40 would mean heads on every single toss, which is what a probability of 1 would predict rather than one of a half.

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