Fred is going to flip one coin four times and record whether it lands on heads or tails for each flip. The list below shows the possible outcomes for each of the four flips.

H H H H H H H T H H T T H T T T
T H H H T T H H T T T H T T T T
H T H T T H T H T H H T H T T H
H H T H T T H T T H T T H T H H

What is the probability of flipping two tails and two heads?

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Fred is going to flip one coin four times and record whether it lands on heads or tails for each flip. The list below shows the possible outcomes for each of the four flips.

H H H H	H H H T	H H T T	H T T T
T H H H	T T H H	T T T H	T T T T
H T H T	T H T H	T H H T	H T T H
H H T H	T T H T	T H T T	H T H H

What is the probability of flipping two tails and two heads?

anonymous · Answer

do yo need answer choices

anonymous · Answer

6/16 or 3/8 i believe

mathmale · Answer

How many possible outcomes are there?
How many of these outcomes contain exactly two tails and two heads?

anonymous · Answer

yay 3/8

mathmale · Answer

What is the ratio of the number of cases that have exactly 2 tails and 2 heads to the total number of outcomes?

mathmale · Answer

I'm more interested in seeing that you understand how we arrive at answers.  If you want to work through a problem and learn the ropes, fine; otherwise, no.

mathmale · Answer

What's the question, and what are your initial thoughts about how to find the correct answer?
I need YOUR perspective first.

anonymous · Answer

im not sure is the thing it was 3/8  and its a study isalnd problem

anonymous · Answer

thnx for helping but i dobnt understand

mathmale · Answer

I'm sorry, but I'm going to ask you to post this new problem separately, and see if anyone responds.  You haven't posted the problem yet, and haven't shared your thoughts on how to start.