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If two coins are tossed simultaneously what is the probability of getting exactly one head?(a) 1/2(b) 1/3(c) 1/4(d) 3/4I got this question in an internship interview.This intriguing question comes from Probability in portion Probability of Mathematics – Class 11

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The CORRECT answer is (a) 1/2

To elaborate: If two coins are TOSSED simultaneously total NUMBER of possible outcomes are 4.

{HH, TT, HT, TH} out of which {HT, TH} FAVOUR the event.

So, probability of getting exactly one head = 2/4 = 1/2.



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