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A coin is biased such that it shows a tail with the probability of 1/3 . The same coin is tossed three times find the...

A coin is biased such that it shows a tail with the probability of 1/3 . The same coin is tossed three times find the probability of obtaining.
i) Two coins on the first two tosses.
ii) A head, a tail and a tail in that order.
iii) Two heads and one tail

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Kavungya answered the question on November 7, 2019 at 06:55

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