You and your friend decided to play a coin tossing game where the winner is the person who gets more heads when they toss their coins. You toss 2 fair coins and count the number of heads. In his own room, your friend tosses 3 fair coins and counts the number of heads. What is the probability that you win?
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First, we need to find the probability of each possible outcome for the number of heads you get when tossing 2 coins. There are 3 possibilities: 0 heads, 1 head, or 2 heads. Show more…
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