A fair coin is tossed three times in succession. The set of equally likely outcomes is {HHH, HHT, HTH, HTT, THH, THT, TTH, TTT}.

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Find the probability of getting exactly two heads out of three tosses.

2 answers:

worty [1.4K] · Answer 1 · 2022-04-05T09:29:18+03:00

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Answer:

If a fair coin is tossed three times, sample = 2^3 = 8 (hhh, hht, hth, thh, htt, tht, tth, ttt) where h=head and t=tail.

Probability of getting one:

Outcomes with one head (h) = 3

P(1 h) = 3/8 = 0.375

Step-by-step explanation:

Andrew [12] · Answer 2 · 2022-04-05T11:12:43+03:00

Andrew [12]3 years ago

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Answer:

2/8

Step-by-step explanation:

2/8 Because there is two answers that have two H's on them Ex: HHT, THH