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Three coins are tossed. Find the probability that no more than one coin lands heads up.
15 years ago

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Reiny
so you want 0 heads or 1 head

ttt ---> 1 way
tth
tht
htt ---> 3 ways

so prob(of stated event) = 4/8 = 1/2

15 years ago

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