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

	Submitted by Tim Axoy
Rating: 2.7647 (17 votes)
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Here are the eight possibilities for his three flips (H means heads and T means tails): HHH,HHT,HTH,HTT,THH,THT,TTH,TTT. There are only three where you will get one head and two tails: HTT,THT,TTH. Therefore,the probability is 3/8.

	Subject	Author	Date
	Puzzle Solution	K Sengupta	2023-09-09 00:07:36
	i was wrong, I stand corrected (by myself)	chris	2005-02-26 07:40:25
	probability solution/total solution	chris	2005-02-26 07:30:49
	probability	logischer Verstand	2004-05-31 12:49:14
	coin problem	Angelo	2003-07-19 07:57:55
	re: Solution	Russ	2003-07-18 06:38:20
	Solution	Russ	2003-07-18 06:31:55
	Solution	Lewis	2003-06-21 02:03:55
	Here it is!	Bob Jock	2003-05-25 03:42:06
	Error	Tim Axoy	2003-05-24 12:08:23
	re: No solution yet? Nonsense!	Charlie	2003-05-24 07:49:01
	re: No solution yet? Nonsense!	Tim Axoy	2003-05-24 03:29:59
	Good!	Tim Axoy	2003-05-24 03:29:12
	re: I know it!	Silly Jilly	2003-05-23 13:01:15
	I know it!	Silly Jilly	2003-05-23 09:37:12
	No solution yet? Nonsense!	imre bokor	2003-05-22 21:35:31
	Easy ...	Alpha Tiger	2003-05-22 01:57:11
	HaHaHa	MeGg	2003-05-21 11:56:59
	re: solution	Sanjay	2003-05-20 21:54:57
	solution	Kim	2003-05-20 15:12:29
	answer	ethan	2003-05-20 10:45:56
	Solution	Ravi Raja	2003-05-20 04:16:44
	Solution	Sanjay	2003-05-20 02:43:38