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Examine, If two coins are tossed at the same time, there are 3 possible outcomes two heads, two tails, or one of each. Therefore, for each outcome, the probability of occurrence is `1//3` .

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Incorrect , Reason: One on each i.e., one head and one tail can result in two ways : head on first coin and tail on the second or tail on the first coin and head on the second.
` therefore ` P(two heads ) = `(1)/(4) , ` P(two tails ) `= (1)/(4) ` and P( one of each ) ` = (2)/(4) =(1)/(2) , `
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