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What is the probability of getting two heads and one tail when a coin is flipped three times?

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3/8.

There are eight possible outcomes from tossing a coin three times: HHH, HHT, HTH, HTT, THH, THT, TTH, TTT. Assuming the coin is fair, each of these outcomes is equally probable. Three of them (HHT, HTH, THH) have two heads and one tail. So the probability is 3/8.
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