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