Excursions in Modern Mathematics (9th Edition)
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Author: Peter Tannenbaum
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 16, Problem 37E
An honest coin is tossed three times in a row. Find the probability of each of the following events. (Hint: Do Exercise 11 first.)
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Excursions in Modern Mathematics (9th Edition)
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