SOLUTION: please help me solve this problem: if three fair coins are tossed, what is the probability of getting at least two heads?

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Question 270470: please help me solve this problem:
if three fair coins are tossed, what is the probability of getting at least two heads?

Answer by Greenfinch(383) About Me  (Show Source):
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There are 8 possibilities
HHHHTTTT
HHTTHHTT
HTHTHTHT
Which has one HHH and three HHT
or four out of 8. Probability therefore 1/2