There are four outcomes possible (not considering order)
If both tosses are fair, the probability of that outcome is one in four.
There is a 1/8 chance to land three heads.
When flipping two fair coins, each coin has a 50% chance of landing on heads. The probability of both coins landing on heads is calculated by multiplying the probabilities of each coin: (0.5 \times 0.5 = 0.25) or 25%. Therefore, the odds against both coins landing on heads are 3 to 1, meaning there are three outcomes (one head and one tail, or two tails) for every one outcome where both coins show heads.
An outcome is what actually happens, while the probability of that outcome is how likely that particular thing is to happen. Say I was flipping a coin. The probability of the outcome of heads is 1/2 because there are 2 possible outcomes and heads is only 1 of them. Then when I flip the coin, it lands on tails. The outcome is tails.
The probability is 0.375
12.5%
If both tosses are fair, the probability of that outcome is one in four.
The probability of the first coin landing heads is half (or 1/2). Similarly, the probability of the second and third coins landing heads are also 1/2 in each case. Therefore, the probability of having three heads is: (1/2)(1/2)(1/2) = (1/8)
There is a 1/8 chance to land three heads.
The probability of flipping three heads when flipping three coins is 1 in 8, or 0.125. It does not matter if the coins are flipped sequentially or simultaneously, because they are independent events.
The probability of tossing two heads in two coins is 0.25.
The probability that both coins are heads is the probability of one coin landing heads multiplied by the probability of the second coin landing heads: (.5) * (.5) = .25 or (1/2) * (1/2) = 1/4
The probability of something NOT happening is the complement of the probability of something happening. Since the probability that you DO have 3 heads is 1/8 (that is, 1/2 cubed), the complement is 1 - 1/8 = 7/8.
When flipping two fair coins, each coin has a 50% chance of landing on heads. The probability of both coins landing on heads is calculated by multiplying the probabilities of each coin: (0.5 \times 0.5 = 0.25) or 25%. Therefore, the odds against both coins landing on heads are 3 to 1, meaning there are three outcomes (one head and one tail, or two tails) for every one outcome where both coins show heads.
An outcome is what actually happens, while the probability of that outcome is how likely that particular thing is to happen. Say I was flipping a coin. The probability of the outcome of heads is 1/2 because there are 2 possible outcomes and heads is only 1 of them. Then when I flip the coin, it lands on tails. The outcome is tails.
the probability is 0.03125 or 3.123%
2/9