Statistics (12th Edition)

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Chapter 3 - Probability - Exercises 3.35 - 3.62 - Learning the Mechanics - Page 131: 3.48a

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Three mutually exclusive events can be E_{1} = Getting exactly one head E_{2} = Getting exactly two heads E_{3} = Getting exactly three heads P(E_{1}) = {HTT, THT, TTH} = 3/8 P(E_{2}) = {HHT, HTH, THH} = 3/8 P(E_{3}) = {HHH} = 1/8 P(A) = P(E_{1}) + P(E_{2}) + P(E_{3}) = 3/8 + 3/8 + 1/8 = 7/8

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