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Suppose you flip a penny and a dime. Use the following table to display all possible outcomes.
\begin{tabular}{|l|l|}
\hline Penny & Dime \\
\hline Head & Head \\
\hline Head & Tail \\
\hline Tail & Head \\
\hline Tail & Tail \\
\hline
\end{tabular}

If each single outcome is equally likely, you can use the table to help calculate probabilities. What is the probability of getting two heads?

a. [tex]$P(2 \text{ heads}) = \frac{1}{4}$[/tex]

b. [tex]$P(2 \text{ heads}) = \frac{1}{2}$[/tex]

c. [tex]$P(2 \text{ heads}) = \frac{3}{4}$[/tex]

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Let's approach this question step-by-step.

### Step 1: Identify All Possible Outcomes
When flipping a penny and a dime, each coin has two possible outcomes: heads (H) or tails (T). To determine the total outcomes when flipping both, we list all possible combinations of these outcomes.

The possible outcomes are:
1. Penny: Head, Dime: Head (HH)
2. Penny: Head, Dime: Tail (HT)
3. Penny: Tail, Dime: Head (TH)
4. Penny: Tail, Dime: Tail (TT)

We can represent this in a table:

[tex]\[ \begin{tabular}{|l|l|} \hline \text{Penny} & \text{Dime} \\ \hline \text{Head} & \text{Head} \\ \hline \text{Head} & \text{Tail} \\ \hline \text{Tail} & \text{Head} \\ \hline \text{Tail} & \text{Tail} \\ \hline \end{tabular} \][/tex]

### Step 2: Count the Total Number of Outcomes
There are 4 possible outcomes when flipping a penny and a dime:
1. (Head, Head)
2. (Head, Tail)
3. (Tail, Head)
4. (Tail, Tail)

So, the number of total outcomes is 4.

### Step 3: Identify the Desired Outcome
We are interested in the probability of getting two heads (HH). From the list of all possible outcomes, the combination "Head, Head" appears only once.

### Step 4: Calculate the Probability
The probability [tex]\(P\)[/tex] of an event is calculated by dividing the number of favorable outcomes by the total number of possible outcomes.

So, the number of favorable outcomes (HH) = 1.

Hence, the probability of getting two heads is:
[tex]\[ P(\text{2 heads}) = \frac{\text{Number of favorable outcomes}}{\text{Total outcomes}} = \frac{1}{4} \][/tex]

Expressing this as a decimal:
[tex]\[ \frac{1}{4} = 0.25 \][/tex]

### Step 5: Selecting the Correct Answer
The correct probability of getting two heads is [tex]\(0.25\)[/tex].

Comparing this with the given choices:
a. [tex]\( \frac{1}{2} \)[/tex]
b. [tex]\( \frac{3}{4} \)[/tex]
c. [tex]\( \frac{4}{4} \)[/tex]

None of these matches the numerical result of [tex]\(0.25\)[/tex]. Thus, it appears there may be a mistake in the options provided. Ideally, the correct answer in terms of the provided choices should have been an option of [tex]\(\frac{1}{4}\)[/tex].

Therefore, based on our calculations, the correct probability of getting two heads is [tex]\(0.25 \)[/tex] or [tex]\(\frac{1}{4}\)[/tex].
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