How many possibly outcomes of flipping a coin four times?

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asked May 28, 2020 130k views

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Mircea Sandu · Answer 1 · 2020-06-01T05:33:16+0000

Reasoning:

There are 2 outcomes if you flip only one coin (H or T).

There are 2^2 = 2*2 = 4 outcomes if you flip two coins (HH, HT, TH, TT).

There are 2^3 = 2*2*2 = 8 outcomes if you flip three coins.

There are 2^4 = 2*2*2*2 = 16 outcomes if you flip four coins.