Three coins are tossed once. Find the probability of getting (ix) at most two tails
Three coins are tossed once. Find the probability of getting (ix) at most two tails

When a coin is tossed the possible outcomes are either a Head $\left( H \right)$ or Tail $\left( T \right)$.

Here, coin is tossed three times then the sample space contains,

$S{\text{ }} = {\text{ }}\left\{ {HHH,{\text{ }}HHT,{\text{ }}HTH,{\text{ }}THH,{\text{ }}TTH,{\text{ }}HTT,{\text{ }}TTT,{\text{ }}THT} \right\}$

And $n\left( S \right){\text{ }} = {\text{ }}8$.

(ix) at most two tails

Suppose $I$ be the event of getting at most $2$ tails.

So, $n\left( I \right){\text{ }} = {\text{ }}7$

Then, the probability of the event is

$P(I) = \frac{{n(I)}}{{n(S)}}$

$P(I) = \frac{7}{8}$