A fair coin is tossed 3 times in succession. The set of equally likely outcomes is {HHH, HHT, HTH, THH, HTT, THT, TTH, TTT}. Find the probability of getting a head on the second toss.
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These are: HHT, HTH, THT, and THH. There are 4 outcomes that satisfy our condition out of a total of 8 possible outcomes. Show more…
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