Problema Solution
If four coins are tossed, what is the probability that the result will be two heads and two tails?
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lets denote
with '1' if the coin is heads
with '0' if the coin is tails
the result two heads and two tails can be written as 1100
we need to count the different 4-digit numbers formed from 1,1,0 and 0:
1,1,0,0
1,0,1,0
1,0,0,1
0,1,0,1
0,0,1,0
0,1,1,0
there 6 different 4-digit numbers formed by 1,1,0 and 0
the total number of 4-digit numbers formed by 1s and 0s only is 2*2*2*2 = 16
the probability = 6/16 = 0.375 or 37.%