Best of Three

Deepak and Ty are tossing a fair coin three times.

What is the probability that Deepak wins the game after exactly two coin tosses?

We need to study the outcomes of three consecutive coin tosses.

Each time you toss the coin, the probability of tossing heads is not affected by the outcome of any previous toss.

'Each individual coin toss is independent of the other two tosses.'

• Define and identify independent events.
• Use a tree diagram to list all possible outcomes of an experiment.
• Calculate the theoretical probability of two independent events.