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What is the probability of not tossing three heads with three fair coins?
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Answered 2009-11-07 02:57:53
The probability of something NOT happening is the complement of the probability of something happening. Since the probability that you DO have 3 heads is 1/8 (that is, 1/2 cubed), the complement is 1 - 1/8 = 7/8.
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