What is the probability of tossing a fair coin 10 times and getting 10 heads in a row?

Question

What is the probability of tossing a fair coin 10 times and getting 10 heads in a row?

Answer 1

nobody knows the future...

Answer 2

the mathematical odds are 1 in 1024

this is because each times you have a 50% chance of getting a head

1/2 times itself 10 times is 1 in 1024

Answer 3

Technically its not a dead even 50/50 as for some reason heads will come up more times than tails because the tails side has a slight heavier face that heads, that said I believe this was tried and after about 20 odd hours of constantly tossing the coin it did come up 10 heads in a row, so if you have some spare time give it ago and film it and then amaze your friends, ps. its more of a shock if you don’t say you spent all day tossing the coin for it to get that result lol

Answer 4

.5^10 = .0009765625

Answer 5

2^10

1 in 1,024

Answer 6

There are some good probability tutorials for this kind of stuff on the net.

http://theschoolpad.blogspot.com/2008/03...

Answer 7

it's going to land on one side or the other no matter what, so the odds would remain at 50/50

Answer 8

there is a 50% chance of hitting a single heads.  For each consecutive heads, multiply the previous odds by 50%.

50%*50%*50%*50%*50%*50%*50%*50%*50%*50... = 0.09765625% or about 0.01%

Answer 9

1000 to 1

Answer 10

You have a 1/2 chance every flip, so it is (1/ 2)^10

1/1024

Answer 11

Your loking at abought 27.678547 exact.

have a great day