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In a game, the entry fee is of 5. The game consists of a tossing a coin 3 times. If one or two heads show. Sweta gets her entry fee back. If she throw 3 heads, she receives double the entry fees. Otherwise, she will lose. For tossing a coint three times, Find the probability that she
(i) Loses the entry fee.
(ii) gets double entry fee.
(iii) just gets her entry fee.

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`(1)/(8)`, `(1)/(8)`, `(3)/(4)`
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