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A fair coin is tossed repeatedly. The probability of getting a result in fifth toss different from those obtained in the first four tosses is A. 1/2 B. 1/32 C. 31/32D.1//16` Select the correct answer from above options

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Correct Answer - D Let H i H denote the event of getting a head in i t h i toss and T i T denote the event of getting a tail in i t h i toss. Then, Required probability. = P { ( H 1 ∩ H 2 ∩ H 3 ∩ H 4 ∩ T 5 ) ∪ ( T 1 ∩ T 2 ∩ T 3 ∩ T 4 ∩ H 5 ) } = = P ( H 1 ∩ H 2 ∩ H 3 ∩ H 4 ∩ T 5 ) + P ( T 1 ∩ T 2 ∩ T 3 ∩ T 4 ∩ ∩ H 5 ) = = P ( H 1 ) P ( H 2 ) P ( H 3 ) P ( H 4 ) P ( T 5 ) + P ( T 1 ) P ( T 2 ) P ( T 3 ) P ( T 4 ) P ( H 5 ) = − ( 1 2 ) 5 + ( 1 2 ) 5 = 1 16 -

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