A coin is biased so that its chances of landing Head is 2⁄3. If the coin is flipped 3 times, the probability that the first 2 flips are heads and the 3rd flip is a tail is?

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A coin is biased so that its chances of landing Head is 2⁄3. If the coin is flipped 3 times, the probability that the first 2 flips are heads and the 3rd flip is a tail is?

 

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