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Question
Two coins are tossed together . what is the probabilty of getting different faces on the coins ?
Solution
The sample space for the experiment of tossing two coins is {HH , HT , TH , TT}
Number of outcomes = 4
Number of favourable outcomes = 2
P(getting different faces on the coins) = `"Number of favourable outcomes"/"Total number of outcomes"` = `2/4 = 1/2`
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