Question

Will medal and fan if helped A fair coin will be tossed three times. What is the probability that two heads and one tail in any order will result?
A. 1/2
B. 1/6
C. 2/6
D. 3/8

Answer 1

C :D

Answer 2

How tho :/

Answer 3

The probability of Heads -1/6
The probability of Tails - 1/6

Thus, 2 Head and 1 Tail would be 1/6+ 1/6+1/6 = 3/6 = 1/2 :D

Answer 4

Oooo

Answer 5

ooops. The Answer is A. Lol

Answer 6

nope
probability of head in one toss is 1/2

Answer 7

Isnt is 1/6?
since there are 6 attempts?

Answer 8

i'm just talking about one toss - head or tail

Answer 9

Oh. okie. :D

Answer 10

So it's 1/12?

Answer 11

possible results are
THH
or HTH
or HHT

Answer 12

I am confused now... lol

Answer 13

probability of one of those 3 is 1/2 * 1/2 * 1/2 = = 1/8

Answer 14

but there are 3 of those - so multiply By 3

Answer 15

so its 3/8?

Answer 16

yes

Answer 17

@Dodgegirl is likes.. just give me the answer already ;-; :)

Answer 18

Oh... Well i totally suck. lol

Answer 19

nah im just watching being confused XD

Answer 20

ikr XD

Answer 21

for the three tosses like HHt the probabilities are multiplied because each toss is independent of the one before

Answer 22

I need to go back to middle school. lol

Answer 23

but as HHT THH and HTH are mutually exclusive 9 you cant have both at once) the probabilities are added

1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8 = 3/8