Probability of Coin Toss Outcomes

Probability of Coin Toss Outcomes

Assessment

Interactive Video

Mathematics, Science

7th - 12th Grade

Hard

Created by

Aiden Montgomery

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The video tutorial explores a probability problem involving a bag of coins, where one coin is two-sided with heads on both sides. The instructor explains how to calculate the probability of drawing a normal or two-sided coin and flipping five heads in a row. The tutorial covers setting up the experiment, calculating individual probabilities, and combining them to find the overall probability. It concludes with a more complex question about determining the likelihood of having picked the two-sided coin after getting five heads.

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the setup of the probability problem discussed in the video?

A bag with 5 normal coins and 5 two-sided coins

A bag with 8 normal coins and 2 two-sided coins

A bag with 9 normal coins and 1 two-sided coin

A bag with 10 normal coins

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the probability of picking a normal coin from the bag?

1/32

1/2

9/10

1/10

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How do you calculate the probability of getting 5 heads in a row with a normal coin?

1/2 to the power of 5

1/5

1/10

1/32

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the probability of getting 5 heads in a row with a normal coin?

1

1/10

1/32

1/2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the probability of getting 5 heads in a row with a two-sided coin?

1/32

1/10

1/2

1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the overall probability of getting 5 heads in a row?

9/320

1/10

41/320

32/320

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the new question introduced after calculating the overall probability?

Probability of picking any coin

Probability of picking a normal coin

Probability of getting 5 tails

Probability of picking the two-sided coin given 5 heads

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