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In a game called 'odd man out', persons toss a coin to determine who will buy refreshment for the entire group. A person who gets an outcome different from that of the rest of the members of the group is called the odd man out. The probability that there is a loser in any game is

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D
none of these

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Let us represent the person as , , ,
For each person we have 2 outcome,
So, total outcomes
Favorable outcomes:
  One gets tail rest Head
One get head test Tail
No. of ways   ( because in people).
Also for second condition we have ways.
Total favorable ways
Hence, answer is
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In a game called 'odd man out', persons toss a coin to determine who will buy refreshment for the entire group. A person who gets an outcome different from that of the rest of the members of the group is called the odd man out. The probability that there is a loser in any game is
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