A fellow classmate tosses 5 coins and finds that 3 of them come up tails. Which of the following is the best conclusion for her to come to?. . A.This could easily happen with a fair coin after only 5 flips.. . B.If she flips the coins once more, they will all come up heads. . . C.She needs to keep flipping the coins until she gets 50% heads in order to determine if they are fair. . . D.The coins are unfair.
Option: A is the correct answer.
A.This could easily happen with a fair coin after only 5 flips.
As we know that when a coin is tossed 5 times than the total number of outcomes that are resulting from these flips are:
\(2^5\)
where:
\(2^5=2\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 2\\\\2^5=32\)
Hence, the total outcomes that are possible are: 32
Also, when a coin is fair any of the possibility could come up:
Hence, option: A is the correct answer.