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A coin is tossed 6 times. find the probability that all 6 tosses are tails.

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The probability for each and every throw is always 1/2 independent of what has happened before.


P(6_T) = 1/2 * 1/2 * 1/2 * 1/2 * 1/2 * 1/2 = 1/64 or 0.015625

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