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You flip a coin five times. The coin lands

heads-up the first three times and then
lands tails-up the remaining two times.

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Answer:

3.125%

Explanation:

If you are asking for the probability of this happening:

The result of each 5 flips and the specific order is given, so assuming it is a fair coin, the probability of each unique outcome such as this one is 1/2 to the fifth power, which is 1/32, or 3.125%.

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