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If you flip 3 fair coins what is the probability that you’ll get all three tails

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Answer:

1/8

Explanation:

The possibilty of getting tails in one flip is 1/2, and there are three events, so that's 1/2 three times. To find the probability of multiple independent events occurring, you would multiply them together, so in this case you would do: 1/2 * 1/2 * 1/2 which equals 1/8.

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