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document.write( "In this problem, the experiment is tossing the coin 4 times with the probability of success\r\n" );
document.write( "at each individual tossing p = 0.5 (getting the head).\r\n" );
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document.write( "In all, the experiment has   = 16 different independent outcomes.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The favorable outcomes of the experiment are getting the head more than once in 4 tossing.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The complementary outcomes are getting the head 0 or 1 time in 4 tossing.\r\n" );
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document.write( "        There are 1+4 = 5 possible complementary outcomes (TTTT, HTTT, THTT, TTHT, TTTH).\r\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore, the complementary probability is  .\r\n" );
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document.write( "Hence, the probability under the problem's question is   = .    ANSWER\r\n" );
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