SOLUTION: if you toss a coin 3 times, what is the probability that you will get 3 heads?

Question 240627: if you toss a coin 3 times, what is the probability that you will
get 3 heads?
Answer by rapaljer(4671) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The probablility of getting a head on a single coin toss is 1 out of 2, or 1/2.

If you toss the coin three successive times, each toss is INDEPENDENT of the previous tosses, so the probability is the PRODUCT of the probabilities, which is

Dr. Robert J. Rapalje, Retired
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