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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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