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Three coins are tossed together. Find the probability of getting:
(i) exactly two heads
(ii) at least two heads
(iii) at least one head and one tail



Answer -

Given: Three coins aretossed together.

By using the formula,

P (E) = favourableoutcomes / total possible outcomes

Total number ofpossible outcomes is 2= 8

(i) Let E be theevent of getting exactly two heads

E = {(H, H, T) (H, T,H) (T, H, H)}

n (E) = 3

P (E) = n (E) / n (S)

= 3 / 8

(ii) Let E be theevent of getting at least two heads

E= {(H, H, T) (H, T,H) (T, H, H) (H, H, H)}

n (E)=4

P (E) = n (E) / n (S)

= 4 / 8

= ½

(iii) Let E be theevent of getting at least one head and one tail

E = {(H, T, T) (T, H,T) (T, T, H) (H, H, T) (H, T, H) (T, H, H)}

n (E) = 6

P (E) = n (E) / n (S)

= 6 / 8

= ¾

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