A game consist of tossing a one-rupee coin 3 times and noting the outcome each time. Ramesh will the game if all the tosses show the same result,

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asked Feb 9, 2018 in Mathematics by Kundan kumar (49,132 points) 34 379 1014

A game consist of tossing a one-rupee coin 3 times and noting the outcome each time. Ramesh will the game if all the tosses show the same result, (i.e., either all three heads or all three tails) and loses the game otherwise. Find the probability that Ramesh will lose the game

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answered Feb 9, 2018 by Vikash Kumar (144,729 points) 8 11 21
 
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S = {HHH, HHT, HTH, HTT, TTT, TTH, THT, THH}. n(S)=8

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