document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=889958>Question 889958</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A fair coin is tossed 3 times in a row. What is the probability that heads appears exactly 2 times?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1/8 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3/8 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3/16 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3/4  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The other tutor is incorrect. The answer is not 1/8.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It is instead 3/8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is because we have this event space<BR>\n" );
document.write( "HHT<BR>\n" );
document.write( "HTH<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "each represents getting exactly two heads.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "There are 3 such items in that event space out of 8 total items in the sample space.<BR>\n" );
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