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A fair coin is flipped four times. What is the probability that it will land heads exactly once? 2K

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1/16.

The chances of a coin landing on heads is 1/2
The chances of a coin landing on tails is 1/2
To add the probabilities that we get one heads and three tails, we multiply 1/2 * 1/2 * 1/2 * 1/2

Which is 1/16
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