SOLUTION: Flipping a coin 3 times and we want to get 1 tail and 2 heads, what is the probability of the event of getting 1 tail and 2 heads? Please answer me. Thank you!

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Question 1001173: Flipping a coin 3 times and we want to get 1 tail and 2 heads, what is the probability of the event of getting 1 tail and 2 heads?
Please answer me. Thank you!
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20055) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The sample space is

{HHH,HHT,HTH,HTT,THH,THT,TTH,TTT}

The outcomes with 1 tail and 2 heads are in red.

That's 3 ways out of 8, which means on the average it will
occur about 3/8ths of the time, and therefore the probability
of 1 tail and 2 heads is 3/8.

Edwin