SOLUTION: While cleaning her dorm room, Monica mistakenly pushed three coins off the desk. When they land on the chair below, find the odds (a) in favor of getting exactly three heads (b)

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Question 925571: While cleaning her dorm room, Monica mistakenly pushed three coins off the desk. When they land on the chair below, find the odds
(a) in favor of getting exactly three heads
(b) in favor of getting exactly three tails
(c) against getting exactly two heads
(d) against getting exactly one tail
(e) in favor of getting at least one tail
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Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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Look at the possible outcomes,
HHH
HHT
HTH
HTT
THH
THT
TTH
TTT
Now use this information to answer.
a) 1 for, 7 against so the odds are 7:1.
b) Same thing, 1 for, 7 against so the odds are 7:1.
c) 3 for, 5 against. Odds are 5:3.
d) 3 for, 5 against. Odds are 5:3.
e) 7 for, 1 against. Odds are 7:1.