Question

A coin toss is used to determine which team will receive the ball at the beginning of a football game. The Cougars always choose heads in the toss. What are the odds in favor of the Cougars winning the toss in exactly two of three games?A.3:5B.3:8C.5:3D.8:3

Answer 1

in irder to solve this problem

we need to now that the probability to win one coin toss is 0.5

so other thing we need to know is

there all these possible scenarios that will happen

w= win

L=lose

WWW

WWL

WLW

LWW

LLW

LWL

LLW

LLL

as you can see only in 3 scenarios when the cougar win exactly 2

so the correct answer is B