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A coin is tossed until a head appears or it has been tossed thrice. Given that head doesn't appear on the first toss, the probability that coin tossed thrice is
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A coin is tossed until a head appears or it has been tossed thrice.
Given that head doesn't appear on the first toss.
Total possible cases or sample space
Probability of head
Probability of first tail and second head
Probability of first two tails and third head
Probability of three tails
Let, Head doesn't appear on the first toss
Coin tossed thrice
Probability of coin tossed three times, when first toss got not head
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