SOLUTION: A coin is tossed five times. In how many ways can it fall three heads and two tails.

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Question 1066738: A coin is tossed five times. In how many ways can it fall three heads and two tails.
Answer by KMST(5328) About Me  (Show Source):
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The two tails could be throws number
1 and 2,
1 and 3,
.....
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sets of 2 different elements from a set of 5 elements,
such as the set {1,2,3,4,5}.