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How many possible outcomes are there for this event?

Flipping a quarter and flipping a nickel

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Five boys and three girls purchase raffle tickets. What is the probability that a boy will win the prize?

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The possible outcomes of the first part are (QQ,NN,QN,NQ) so there are 4 outcomes.
For the second one 5/8 the the probabliity
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