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A game consists of tossing a one rupee coin 3 times and noting its outcome each time. Henif wins if all the tosses give the same result i.e., three heads or three tails, and loses otherwise. Calculate the probability that Henif will lose the game.

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` P(A) = 6/8 = 3/4`
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