SOLUTION: A coin is tossed four times. Assuming that the coin is equally likely to land on heads or tails, compute the probability of the event occurring. At least two tails

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Question 1057390: A coin is tossed four times. Assuming that the coin is equally likely to land on heads or tails, compute the probability of the event occurring.
At least two tails

Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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There are 2%5E4=16 possible outcomes.
Look at the ones that have less than 2 tails.
HHHH
HHHT
HHTH
HTHH
THHH
There are 5 of them. So the remainder must all have at least 2 tails.
P=1-5%2F16
P=11%2F16