Why is tossing a coin considered to be a fair way of deciding which team should choose ends in a game of cricket?

Why is tossing a coin considered to be a fair way of deciding which team should get the ball at the beginning of a football game?

A coin is flipped to decide which team starts the game.What is the probability that your team will start?

A and B play a game. A throws a fair coin where as B tosses a fair dice alternatively. A begins the game and he wins if gets heads before "B" gets a number which isn't prime. The probability that A wins the game is?

A bag contains n+1 coins, one of which is a two heads coin and the rest are fair. A coin is selected at random and tossed. If the probability. That the toss result in a head is 7/12 then the value of n is

Describe the sample space or the indicated experiment in the following a. A coin is tossed twice. b. Consider the experiment in which a coin a tossed repeatedly until a head comes up.

In a unique hockey series between India & Pakistan, they decide to play till a team wins 5 matches . The number of ways in which the series can be won by India, if no match ends in a draw is

Suppose the probability for A to win a game against B is 0.4. If A has an option of playing either a best of 3 games or a best of 5 games match against B ,which option should be chosen so that the probability of his winning the match is higher? (No game ends in a draw.)