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    Nov 20, 2011, 01:51 PM
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    a fair coin is flipped four times. What is the probability of getting tails at least twice?
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    Nov 20, 2011, 02:37 PM
    Flipping 4 times the probability of

    getting 0 tails:
    getting 1 tail:

    Thus the probability of getting at least 2 tails is .

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