SOLUTION: Consider the experiment of tossing three coins. What is the total possible number of outcomes?

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Question 991121: Consider the experiment of tossing three coins.
What is the total possible number of outcomes?
Answer by solver91311(24713)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

    H  H  H
    H  H  T
    H  T  H
    H  T  T
    T  H  H
    T  H  T
    T  T  H
    T  T  T

Another way to think about it is that there are 2 ways for the first toss times 2 ways for the second toss times 2 ways for the third toss.

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it

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