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A coin is tossed three times, if head occurs on first two tosses, find the probability of getting head on third toss.

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To solve the problem step by step, we need to find the probability of getting a head on the third toss given that heads occurred on the first two tosses. ### Step 1: Define the events Let: - Event A: Getting heads on the first two tosses. - Event B: Getting heads on the third toss. ### Step 2: Identify the sample space for event A ...
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