If you flip a coin 8 times, you get a sequence of Heads (H) and tails (T). a) How many different sequences of heads and tails are possible? b) Find the probability that the sequence of heads and tails have exactly fiveheads? c) Find the probability that the sequence have at most 2 heads?

If you flip a coin 8 times, you get a sequence of Heads (H) and tails (T). a) How many different sequences of heads and tails are possible? b) Find the probability that the sequence of heads and tails have exactly fiveheads? c) Find the probability that the sequence have at most 2 heads?

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a) How many different sequences of heads and tails are possible?
b) Find the probability that the sequence of heads and tails have exactly fiveheads?
c) Find the probability that the sequence have at most 2 heads?

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