CEMC Euclid, 2010

Combinatorics Difficulty 3.0 AMC 10/12 Prove it Canada

Oi-Lam tosses three fair coins and removes all of the coins that come up heads. George then tosses the coins that remain, if any. Determine the probability that George tosses exactly one head.

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