SOLUTION: A coin is tossed three times, with 'heads' or 'tails' recorded after each toss. The number of possible outcomes for this experiment is

Question 969341: A coin is tossed three times, with 'heads' or 'tails' recorded after each toss. The number of possible outcomes for this experiment is
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Tree diagram helps but doesn't project easily.
The first coin toss has
HT
The next has HT for each.
After two tosses, There are HH HT TH TT

The third toss has two outcomes for each of the 4. Notice how the third is HT all the way down.
HHH
HHT
HTH
HTT
THH
THT
TTH
TTT

There are 8 different outcomes.
There is 1 outcome with all heads; 1 outcome with all tails
There are 3 outcomes with 2 heads; 3 outcomes with 2 tails.
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