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Someone tossed 4 coins.

What is the probabilty that he will get exactly 3 tails when he tosses the 4 coins?

 Jan 29, 2022
edited by Guest  Jan 29, 2022
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There are actually many ways to solve this problem, but I will show you one I like the best: 

 

There are 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 = 16 possibilities.

 

We can have 4 possibiltiies that satisfy the problem:

TTTH

TTHT

THTT

HTTT

 

Thus the answer is 4/16 = 1/4.

 

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ShockFish

 Jan 30, 2022
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123×12×(41)=416=14

 

Explanation:

 

There is a 12×12×12 chance of the successes (3 tails)

 

There is a 12 chance of failure (1 head)

 

There are (41) ways to order the failure (the same as (43), which counts the ways to order the successes.)

BuilderBoi  Feb 1, 2022
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4C3 = 4

 

4/16   = 1/4

 Feb 1, 2022

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