document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1042133>Question 1042133</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I need help on parts A and B please.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a) If you flip three coins onto the floor, write out the sample space to observe <BR>\n" );
document.write( "         all possibilities of how the coins fall (heads or tails):\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "                    SAMPLE SPACE (list all possibilities):<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                    List them here in a square.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b)  In flipping three coins, what is the probability that you get exactly 2 tails to fall?  __________<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "a) If you flip three coins onto the floor, write out the sample space to observe <BR>\n" );
document.write( "all possibilities of how the coins fall (heads or tails): <BR>\n" );
document.write( "SAMPLE SPACE (list all possibilities):<BR>\n" );
document.write( "List them here in a square.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "H = heads<BR>\n" );
document.write( "T = tails\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Sample Space:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "HHT<BR>\n" );
document.write( "HTH<BR>\n" );
document.write( "THH<BR>\n" );
document.write( "HTT<BR>\n" );
document.write( "THT<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "TTT\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "There are 8 items in the sample space<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b) In flipping three coins, what is the probability that you get exactly 2 tails to fall? __________\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Look above at the sample space in part (a). Notice how tails T shows up twice in the cases<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "THT<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "which is three times out of eight total. So the probability as a fraction is 3/8. The probability as a decimal is 0.375 (use a calculator to find 3/8 = 0.375)<BR>\n" );
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