If 5 fair coins are tossed, how many different coin sequences will have exactly 3 tails, if all tails have to occur in a
row?
Please suggest
Thankx
row?
Please suggest
Thankx
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{TTT}HH; since all tails have to occur in row so consider them as a one group, therefore in all we have, 3 elements to arrange, {TTT},H,H; which can arrange themselves in 3!/2!=3venmic wrote:If 5 fair coins are tossed, how many different coin sequences will have exactly 3 tails, if all tails have to occur in a
row?
Please suggest
Thankx