Before calcualting the probability we can identify the number of ways that you can get different numbers of head (Or let us calculate the umber of events).
There are 5 ways,
1) Zero heads out of 4 coins, the number of ways you can get this is given by,
4C0 = 4!/(0!4!) = 1
2) Only one head
4C1 = 4!/(1!3!) = 4
3) Only two heads
4C1 = 4!/(2!2!) = 6
4) Only three heads
4C1 = 4!/(3!1!) = 4
5) All four heads
4C4 = 4!/(4!0!) = 1
Therefore the total number of events that can happen is, T,
T = 1+4+6+4+1
T = 16
Therefore the probability of not getting 3 or 4 heads
= Number of events below three heads / Total number of events
= (1+4+6)/16
= 11/16
= 0.6875
Therefore, there is a 0.6875 chance of kujain winning the game.
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