Question

which of the following events has a probability closest to zero?
if you flip a coin it will come up heads.
you will eat some food this week.
you will grow to be 100 feet tall.
your favorite baseball team will win their next game.

Explanation:

• "You will eat some food this week" is a certainty, so its probability is \(1\).
• When flipping a fair coin, there are two possible outcomes (heads or tails). So the probability of getting heads is \(\frac{1}{2}\).
• The outcome of a baseball game (win or lose) is uncertain but there is a reasonable chance for either result, so the probability is between \(0\) and \(1\) but not extremely close to \(0\).
• "You will grow to be 100 feet tall" is physically impossible, so its probability is \(0\).

Answer:

You will grow to be 100 feet tall.