A fair coin is tossed 6 times. If heads appears on the first 2 tosses, then what is the total number of heads we would expect after all 6 tosses.
Correct answer: C
Explanation
As the given coin is a fair coin, the last 4 tosses are independent of the first 2, so we would expect heads 2 out of the 4 tosses left. Thus making the total 4 heads out of the 6 tosses.
C
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