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Problem
Harold tosses a coin four times. The probability that he gets at least as many heads as tails is
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
Solution
Case 1: There are two heads and two tails. There are ways to choose which two tosses are heads, and the other two must be tails. Case 2: There are three heads, one tail. There are ways to choose which of the four tosses is a tail. Case 3: There are four heads and no tails. This can only happen way. There are a total of possible configurations, giving a probability of .
Final answer
E