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What is the probability of tossing two fair coins and having exactly one land tails side up?

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Answer:

50 ez lol

Explanation:

User Indranil
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The first coin can land in either of 2 ways.
For each one ...
The second coin can land in in either of 2 ways.

Total number of possible outcomes = (2 x 2) = 4 possibilities.

Number of 'successes' ... 2 .

=> H T
=> T H

Probability of success = 2/4 = 50% .
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