Question: Decide whether the following statement makes sense (or is clearly true) or does not make sense (or is clearly false). Explain your reasoning. If you

Decide whether the following statement makes sense (or is clearly true) or does not make sense (or is clearly false). Explain your reasoning. If you toss a coin four times, it's much more likely to land in the order HTHT than HHHH. (H stands for heads and T for tails.) Choose the correct answer below. O A. The statement makes sense because random outcomes like HTHT are more naturally occurring than streaks like HHHH. This is supported by the gambler's fallacy. O B. The statement makes sense because any outcome containing two heads and two tails is equivalent to HTHT occurring and there are more combinations of those outcomes than HHHH. O C. The statement does not make sense because HHHH is more likely to occur than HTHT since the gambler's fallacy states that streaks occur more often than patterns in outcomes. O D. The statement does not make sense because each outcome is equally likely since the probability of any single particular outcome is 1/2, so each set of outcomes have the same probability of (1/2)4 = 1/16

Step by Step Solution

There are 3 Steps involved in it

1 Expert Approved Answer
Step: 1 Unlock blur-text-image
Question Has Been Solved by an Expert!

Get step-by-step solutions from verified subject matter experts

Step: 2 Unlock
Step: 3 Unlock

Students Have Also Explored These Related Mathematics Questions!