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If I toss a coin 3 times and get head and get head each time, should I expect a tail to have a higher chance in the 4th toss? Give a reason in support of your answer.

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No, let we toass a coin, then we get head or tail, both are equally events. i.e. probability of each events is `(1)/(2)`. So, no question of expecting a tail to have a higher chance in 4th toss.
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