On Tossing a Coin?

The two outcomes of the toss of a coin are heads or tails. For any individual toss of the coin, the outcome will be either heads or tails. The two outcomes (heads or tails) are therefore mututally exclusive; if the coin comes up heads on a single toss, it cannot come up tails on the same toss.

What does tossing a coin means?

Definition of toss/flip a coin

: to decide something by throwing a coin up in the air and seeing which side is shown after it lands Let's toss a coin. Heads, we don't go; tails, we do.

What is the use of tossing the coin?

Coin flipping, coin tossing, or head or tail is the practice of throwing a coin in the air and checking which side is showing when it lands, in order to choose between two alternatives, heads or tails, sometimes used to resolve a dispute between two parties.