If a fair coin is tossed 8 times, what is the probability, to the nearest thousandth, of getting exactly 7 tails?
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Each coin toss has 2 possible outcomes (heads or tails), so when tossing a fair coin 8 times, the total number of possible outcomes is 2^8 = 256. Show more…
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