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Question 417989: An experiment consists of flipping a fair coin 8 times, how many ways can this experiment result in at most 2 heads? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! An experiment consists of flipping a fair coin 8 times, how many ways can this experiment result in at most 2 heads?
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There are 2*8 = 256 possible outcomes.
8C0 = 1 with 0 heads
8C1 = 8 with 1 head
8C2 = 28 with 2 heads
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Total 37 with at most 2 heads
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Stan H.
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