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BITSAT Mathematics Probability 2023 BITSAT 2023 (Memory Based Paper 2)

BITSAT Mathematics Question (2023) — Solution

Question

A coin is tossed twice. Then, the probability that atleast one tail occurs is

Options

  1. A. 1 4
  2. B. 1 2
  3. C. 1 3
  4. D. 3 4

Answer

D. 3 4

Step-by-step solution

The sample space is S =\ HH , HT , TH , TT \ Let E be the event of getting atleast one tail aligned & E =\ HT , TH , TT \ \\ & Required probability p \\ & = Number of favourable outcomes Total number of outcomes = n ( E ) n ( S ) = 3 4 aligned

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