If a fair coin is tossed three times, find the probability of getting heads on the first toss and tails on the second and third tosses.

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If a fair coin is tossed three times, find the probability of getting heads on the first toss and tails on the second and third tosses.

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Let H be the event that it is heads

T be the event that it is tails .

 

The sample space for a coin that tossed three times is given as follows:

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P( getting heads on the first toss and tails on the second and third tosses.)=?

 

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