You toss a coin 6 times what if the probability that you toss at least 1 head and at least 1 tails. Hint think complements

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You toss a coin 6 times what if the probability that you toss at least 1 head and at least 1 tails. Hint think complements 

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For every toss there are total 2 outcomes. Head and tail.So for 6 tosses , the total number of outcomes=26=64Among these 64 outcomes , 1 outcome has all the heads (HHHHHH) and 1 outcome has all the tails (TTTTTT)So other (64-1-1)=62 outcomes has at least 1 head and at least 1 tail.

 

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