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Write the event as a set of outcomes. We flip three coins and obtain more tails than heads.

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We start by listing the outcome of flipping two coins. The first table shows the outcomes HH, HT, TH, and TT. These outcomes then become the input combined with the third coins, as shown in the second table.

We have 8 outcomes in total: HHH, HHT, HHT, TTH, HHT, HTT, TTH, and TTT

The probability that we obtain more tails than heads is 4/8

Write the event as a set of outcomes. We flip three coins and obtain more tails than-example-1
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