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AP EAMCET · Maths · Probability

A coin is tossed until a head appears or it has been tossed thrice. Given that head doesn't appear on the first toss, the probability that coin tossed thrice is

  1. A 12
  2. B 13
  3. C 34
  4. D 14
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(A) 12

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A coin is tossed until a head appears or it has been tossed thrice. Given that head doesn't appear on the first toss. Total possible cases or sample space =H,TH,TTH,TTT Probability of head =PH=12 Probability of first tail and second head=PTH=12×12=14 Probability of first…