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Solve the Problem Compute the Empirical Probability That Exactly One Tail Occurred

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-Two coins are tossed 20 times and the number of tails is observed.  Outcome 2 tails 1 tail 0 tails  Frequency 1019\begin{array}{l|ccc}\text { Outcome } & 2 \text { tails } & 1 \text { tail } & 0 \text { tails } \\\hline \text { Frequency } & 1 & 0 & 19\end{array}

Compute the empirical probability that exactly one tail occurred.


A) 14\frac { 1 } { 4 }
B) 1920\frac { 19 } { 20 }
C) 0
D) 12\frac { 1 } { 2 }

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