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Three fair coins are tossed together. Find the probability of getting atleast one tail - Mathematics

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Three fair coins are tossed together. Find the probability of getting atleast one tail

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Solution

Three fair coins are tossed together

Sample spade = {HHH, HHT, HTH, HTT, THH, THT, TTH, TTT}

n(S) = 8

Let B be the event of getting atleast one tail.

B = {HHT, HTH, HTT, THH, THT, TTH, TTT}

n(B) = 7

P(B) = `("n"("B"))/("n"("S")) = 7/8`

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Chapter 8: Statistics and Probability - Exercise 8.3 [Page 324]

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Samacheer Kalvi Mathematics [English] Class 10 SSLC TN Board
Chapter 8 Statistics and Probability
Exercise 8.3 | Q 8. (ii) | Page 324

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