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prealgebra intermediate

Problem

Four fair coins are to be flipped. What is the probability that all four will be heads or all four will be tails? Express your answer as a common fraction.
Solution
Each coin has 2 possible outcomes, so the total number of possible outcomes is . Two of these are all tails and all heads, so the probability is .
Final answer
\frac{1}{8}