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A man throws a fair coin number of times and gets 2 points for each head and 1 point for each tail the probability that he gets exactly 6 points is `(21)/(32)` (2) `(13)/(64)` (3) `(43)/(64)` (4) `(23)/(32)`

A

`(21)/(32)`

B

`(23)/(32)`

C

`(41)/(64)`

D

`(43)/(64)`

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