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Flipping a coin (Posted on 2003-05-20)

Suppose you flip a coin three times.

What is the probability of getting exactly one heads?

See The Solution Submitted by Tim Axoy

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(In reply to Solution by Russ)

Oops - I see I made a mistake. The outcomes would be 2x2x2, three of those would have one head only; therefore, 3 of 8 would be the correct probability of getting just one head.

Posted by Russ on 2003-07-18 06:38:20

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