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A release-checked easy problem for training Conditional Probability.

Question

$ 3$ fair coins are flipped, and you are told that at least one of the coins showed heads. Find the probability exactly one coin showed heads.

Practice focus

This Probability problem is tagged Conditional Probability. State the random variables and conditioning information explicitly, then check the result against boundary cases before opening hints or a solution.

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