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if you flip 2 coins the probability that you will get 2 heads is 1/4 but the probability that you will get one head and one tail is 1/2 explain why

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There are only two sides, therefore they both have an equal chance of being flipped. It's less likely to flip one side twice in a row because it's always half of a chance, that make sense?

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