Problema Solution
Find the probability of getting 2 tails when 3 fair coins are tossed
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When 3 fair coins are tossed we have the following possible outcomes:
HHH,
THH, HTH, HHT
TTH, THT, HTT
TTT
The number of all possible outcomes is: 8.
The outcomes that have at least 2 tails are 4:
TTH, THT, HTT, TTT
The outcomes that have exactly 2 tails are 3:
TTH, THT, HTT
The probability of getting at least 2 tails when 3 fair coins are tossed is:
p = 4/8
p = 0.5
The probability of getting exactly 2 tails when 3 fair coins are tossed is:
p = 3/8
p = 0.375