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Coin Toss Consecutive Heads

1150BeginnerCombinatoricsProbability

AMC 8 · 2013 · Problem 8

A fair coin is tossed 3 times. What is the probability of at least two consecutive heads?

Answer choices

A
\frac18
B
\frac14
C
\frac38
D
\frac12
E
\frac34
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