HEREDITY
BASICS OF PROBABILITY
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Question
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Three coins are tossed. How many different ways can they fall?
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2
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4
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6
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8
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Now consider an experiment of tossing three coins simultaneously. The possible outcomes will be HHH, TTT, HTT, THT, TTH, THH, HTH, HHT. So the total number of outcomes is 23 = 8.
Detailed explanation-2: -The number of different outcomes when three coins are tossed is 2 × 2 × 2 = 8. All eight possible outcome are HHH, HHT, HTH, HTT, THH, THT, TTH, and TTT.
Detailed explanation-3: -The probability of getting exactly 3 heads out of 8 with a fair coin would be
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