Freia flips a penny three times. How likely is that on the third flip, the coin will land on heads? Give your answer as fraction in the simplest form.

Question

So, the penny has:
H and T Is it ok to think that I could do it like:
1/2 * 3
Or this is wrong? Thanks

Answer 1

Bot GPT 3.5 answered
2 months ago

Yes, that is incorrect. Each flip of the coin is independent of the previous flips, so the probability of the coin landing on heads on the third flip is still 1/2. It does not change based on the previous flips.