Coin A is flipped 3 times and Coin B is flipped 2 times, what is the probability that Coin B has more heads than Coin A?
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Let A be the number of heads resulting from coin A being thrown three times, and B be the number of heads resulting from coin B being thrown twice. Then since the outcomes for coin A and coin B are independent, we have that
P ( A < B ) = P ( A = 0 , B = 1 ) + P ( A = 0 , B = 2 ) + P ( A = 1 , B = 2 ) =
P ( A = 0 ) ∗ P ( B = 1 ) + P ( A = 0 ) ∗ P ( B = 2 ) + P ( A = 1 ) ∗ P ( B = 2 ) =
8 1 ∗ 2 1 + 8 1 ∗ 4 1 + 8 3 ∗ 4 1 = 1 6 3 .