Precalculus: Concepts Through Functions, A Unit Circle Approach to Trigonometry (3rd Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32193-104-1
ISBN 13: 978-0-32193-104-7

Chapter 12 - Counting and Probability - Section 12.3 Probability - 12.3 Assess Your Understanding - Page 885: 15

Answer

$S=\{HHH, HHT, HTH,THH,HTT,THT,TTH,TTT \}$ and the probability of each outcome is $\frac{1}{8}$.

Work Step by Step

For tossing three fair coins, we can construct the sample space as $S=\{HHH, HHT, HTH,THH,HTT,THT,TTH,TTT \}$ and the probability of each outcome is $\frac{1}{8}$.
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