What is the probability of flipping a fair coin and getting 'heads' twice in a row?
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1 in 4 (or 25%)
Probability is calculated by multiplying the chances of individual independent events. Since each flip has a 1/2 chance, two flips in a row have a 1/2 x 1/2 = 1/4 chance.
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