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25.(i)   Which of the following arguments are correct and which are not correct? Give reasons for your answer. (i) If two coins are tossed simultaneously there are three possible outcomes—two heads, two tails or one of each. Therefore, for each of these outcomes, the probability is 1/3 

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The possible outcomes when two coins are tossed = {HH, HT, TH, TT}

Total number of possible outcomes = 4

\therefore P(getting\ two\ heads) = \frac{favourable\ outcomes}{total\ outcomes} = \frac{1}{4}

Hence, the given statement is not correct. This is because one of each can occur in two different ways. Hence the mentioned events are not equally likely.

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