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If a boy tosses a coin twice, and if the last result is a tail, he throws a die
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document.write( "Outcome  1: H, H        Probability = (1/2)(1/2) = 1/4\r\n" );
document.write( "Outcome  2: H, T, 1     Probability = (1/2)(1/2)(1/6) = 1/24\r\n" );
document.write( "Outcome  3: H, T, 2     Probability = (1/2)(1/2)(1/6) = 1/24    \r\n" );
document.write( "Outcome  4: H, T, 3     Probability = (1/2)(1/2)(1/6) = 1/24\r\n" );
document.write( "Outcome  5: H, T, 4     Probability = (1/2)(1/2)(1/6) = 1/24\r\n" );
document.write( "Outcome  6: H, T, 5     Probability = (1/2)(1/2)(1/6) = 1/24\r\n" );
document.write( "Outcome  7: H, T, 6     Probability = (1/2)(1/2)(1/6) = 1/24\r\n" );
document.write( "Outcome  8: T, H        Probability = (1/2)(1/2) = 1/4\r\n" );
document.write( "Outcome  9: T, T, 1     Probability = (1/2)(1/2)(1/6) = 1/24\r\n" );
document.write( "Outcome 10: T, T, 2     Probability = (1/2)(1/2)(1/6) = 1/24\r\n" );
document.write( "Outcome 11: T, T, 3     Probability = (1/2)(1/2)(1/6) = 1/24\r\n" );
document.write( "Outcome 12: T, T, 4     Probability = (1/2)(1/2)(1/6) = 1/24\r\n" );
document.write( "Outcome 13: T, T, 5     Probability = (1/2)(1/2)(1/6) = 1/24\r\n" );
document.write( "Outcome 14: H, T, 6     Probability = (1/2)(1/2)(1/6) = 1/24\r\n" );
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document.write( "So there are 14 outcomes, but they are not all equally likely.\r\n" );
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document.write( "That's the outcome I colored red above.  That's \r\n" );
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