SOLUTION: You toss two coins. What is the probability P that both are tails?

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Question 626242: You toss two coins. What is the probability P that both are tails?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20064)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The coins can land four ways, HH, HT, TH, or TT.

TT is 1 way OUT OF 4 ways, so the probability is 
1 way OVER 4 ways or .

(In probability theory, "OUT OF" means "OVER").

Edwin
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