Problema Solution

If four coins are tossed, what is the probability that the result will be two heads and two tails?

Answer provided by our tutors

lets denote


with '1' if the coin is heads

with '0' if the coin is tails


the result two heads and two tails can be written as 1100


we need to count the different 4-digit numbers formed from 1,1,0 and 0:


1,1,0,0

1,0,1,0

1,0,0,1

0,1,0,1

0,0,1,0

0,1,1,0


there 6 different 4-digit numbers formed by 1,1,0 and 0


the total number of 4-digit numbers formed by 1s and 0s only is 2*2*2*2 = 16


the probability = 6/16 = 0.375 or 37.%