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Two coins are tossed once. Find the probability of getting :

(i) 2 heads

(ii) atleast one tail.

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When two different coins are tossed simultaneously, then sample space = {HH, HT, TH, TT}. It consist of 4 equally likely outcomes.

Total number of possible outcomes = 4.

(i) Let A be the event 'two heads', then A = {HH} and the number of outcomes favourable to the event A = 1.

∴ P(two heads) = 14\dfrac{1}{4}.

Hence, the probability of getting two heads = 14\dfrac{1}{4}.

(ii) Let B be the event 'atleast one tail', then B = {HT, TT, TH} and the number of outcomes favourable to the event B = 3.

∴ P(atleast one tail) = 34\dfrac{3}{4}.

Hence, the probability of getting atleast one tail = 34\dfrac{3}{4}.

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