One coin is thrown 100 times, then the probability of getting head in odd number is

One coin is thrown 100 times, then the probability of getting head in odd number is
  1. $\frac{1}{8}$
  2. $\frac{1}{5}$
  3. $\frac{1}{2}$
  4. $\frac{3}{8}$

Solution

$n=100, p=\frac{1}{2}, q=\frac{1}{2}$ $p(x=r$ where $r$ is odd $)=\sum_{r=\text { odd }}^n C_r p^r q^{n-r}$ $\begin{aligned} & =\sum_{r=\text { odd }}^{100} C_r\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^r\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^{100-r} \\ & =\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^{100} \sum_{r=\text { odd }}{ }^{100} C_r \\ & =\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^{100} \times 2^{99}=\frac{1}{2}\end{aligned}$

Asked in: MHT CET 2022 (10 Aug Shift 1)

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