A fair coin is tossed 3 times. Find the probability of obtaining exactly 2 heads.

When a fair coin is tossed once, there are two possible outcomes, either heads or tails. Therefore, the probability of obtaining heads is \(\frac{1}{2}\) and the probability of obtaining tails is also \(\frac{1}{2}\). Now, when a fair coin is tossed 3 times, there are \(2^3 = 8\) possible outcomes as each toss has 2 possible outcomes (heads or tails). These 8 possible outcomes are: HHH, HHT, HTH, THH, HTT, THT, TTH, TTT Out of these 8 outcomes, we need to find the probability of obtaining exactly 2 heads. We can count the number of outcomes in which exactly 2 heads are obtained as follows: - HHT - HTH - THH Therefore, there are 3 outcomes in which exactly 2 heads are obtained. So, the probability of obtaining exactly 2 heads is: \[\frac{\text{number of outcomes in which exactly 2 heads are obtained}}{\text{total number of possible outcomes}} = \frac{3}{8}\] Hence, the answer is \(\frac{3}{8}\).