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A coin is tossed twice. If the outcome is at most one tail, what is the probability that both head and tail have appeared?

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A coin has 2 sides and its sample space S = {H,T}

The total number of outcomes = 2.

A coin is tossed twice.

Let P(A) be the probability of getting at most 1 tail.

The sample space of A = {(H,H),(H,T),(T,H)}

Let P(B) be the probability of getting a head.

The sample space of B = {H}

\(\therefore P(B)=\frac{1}{2}\)

The probability of getting at most one tail and a head

Tip – By conditional probability, P(A/B) = \(\frac{P(A \cap B)}{P(B)}\) where is the probability of occurrence of the event 

A given that B has already occurred.

The probability that both head and tail have appeared:

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