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A coin is tossed 5 times. What is the probability that a head appears an even number of times?

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As the coin is tossed 5 times the total number of outcomes will be \(2^5=32.\)

And we know that the favourable outcomes of a head appearing even number of times will be,

That either the head appears 0, 2 or 4 times so,

The respective probabilities will be:- \(5_{C_0}\) + \(5_{C_2}\) + \(5_{C_4}\) = 16

Thus, the probability

\(=\frac{The\,favourable\,outcomes}{The\,total\, number\, of\, outcomes}\)

\(\Rightarrow=\frac{16}{32}=\frac{1}{2}\)

Hence, the probability is 1/2.

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