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Two coins are tossed simultaneously. Find the probability of getting exactly one head.

Total numbers of elementary events are 2+ 2 = 4

Let E be the event of getting one head


Favorable outcome are: TH , HT


Numbers of favorable outcomes are= 2


P (exactly one head) = P (E) = 2/4= 1/2


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