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What is the probability of tossing a coin three times and getting tails each time?

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Answer:

1/8

Explanation:

This is a compund probability problem. You need to find the probability of each event and then multiply the probabilities together.

The probability of flipping tails is 1/2. We need three of these.

1/2 x 1/2 x 1/2 = 1/8