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A coin is tossed 3 times. what is the probability of obtaning two heads out of the 3 tosses

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I answered a similar problem yesterday.
In three coin tosses there are 8 possible outcomes:
H H H
H H T
H T H
T H H
T T H
T H T
H T T
T T T

Of those results, four out of the eight have at least 2 tails and so the probability is (4/8) or50%

If you need the probability of getting EXACTLY 2 tails then the probability is (3/8) or .375


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