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Question
If I toss a coin 3 times and get head each time, should I expect a tail to have a higher chance in the 4th toss? Give reason in support of your answer.
Solution
No, let we toss a coin, then we get head or tail, both are equally likely events i.e., probability of each event is `1/2`.
So, no question of expecting a tail to have a higher chance in 4th toss.
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