Four Coins Are Tossed Randomly onto a Table

question 42

Multiple Choice

Four coins are tossed randomly onto a table. The macrostate is defined as the number of heads showing, which can be 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4. A microstate is a specification of the outcome of each individual coin. What value for the number of heads has the greatest number of possible microstates?

• A) 0
• B) 1
• C) 2
• D) 3
• E) 4

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