The probability of throwing exactly 2 heads in three flips of a coin is 3 in 8, or 0.375.
There are 8 outcomes of flipping a coin 3 times, HHH, HHT, HTH, HTT, THH, THT, TTH, and TTT. Of those outcomes, 3 contain two heads, so the answer is 3 in 8.
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The probability of flipping a coin 3 times and getting 3 heads is 1/2
p(heads)= 0.5 p(heads)^4= 0.0625
i got 1/941192
The best way to think about this is the following way: What is the probability of flipping heads once? 1/2 What is the probability of flipping heads twice? 1/4 (1/2 * 1/2) Using this we can derive the equation to find the probability of flipping heads any number of times. 1/2n Using this we plug in 25 for n and get 1/225 or as a decimal 2.98023224 x 10-8 or as odds 1:33,554,432
You still still have a 1:2 chance of getting heads regardless of the times you flip.