SOLUTION: 1. 3 nickels are tossed and what is the probability of all 3 landing on heads. I know the answer is 1/8, can you explain the answer to me. 2. There are 24 students and the offi

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Question 73998: 1. 3 nickels are tossed and what is the probability of all 3 landing on heads. I know the answer is 1/8, can you explain the answer to me.
2. There are 24 students and the office asks the teacher to send 3 students to bring 3 boxes back to the class. How many ways could she pick 3 students to go to the office? Please explain the answer.
Answer by checkley75(3666) (Show Source):
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the chances of a head on the first coin is 1/2 1 success out of a possibility of two events (heads & tails).
the second & third coin have the same probability.
seeing as these are all related events we simply multiply the outcomes thus:
1/2*1/2*1/2=1/8