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A fair coin is flipped times, with independent flips. What is the probability of getting at least heads?

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Hint

Count the outcomes with exactly heads and exactly heads, then divide by the total.

Solution
  1. The total number of equally likely outcomes is .
  2. Exactly heads can occur in ways, and exactly heads in way.
  3. The favorable count is , so the probability is .
  4. In lowest terms the probability is .

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