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(20 points) An experiment consists of tossing a fair coin twice and observing the outcomes. What is the probability of "heads" in the first toss and "tails"in the second?

(20 points) An experiment consists of tossing a fair coin twice and observing the-example-1
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Answer: 1/4

Step-by-step explanation: someone already said this, but I would like to provide a more detailed explanation, although there isn't too much to explain, so, to the find ratio of 2 things happening one after another, you want to multiply the ratios together, so the ratio of heads in the first one and tails in the second one is 1/2, and 1/2, so you multiply 1/2*1/2 and you get 1/4

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