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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Consider a fair coin that is tossed 12 times. Determine the number of possible outcomes for this experiment. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The result of the experiment is like a 12 letter word where each<BR>\n" );
document.write( "letter is either h(head) or t(tail)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Each letter position may be a \"h\" or a \"t\" so there<BR>\n" );
document.write( "are 2^12 h/t patterns possible.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2^12 = 4096  possible outcomes<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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