Two coins, at least one head

Two fair coins are flipped. Given that at least one is heads, what is the probability both are heads? Give your answer as a decimal (to 2 decimals).

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  1. List the four equally likely outcomes and drop the one with no heads.
  2. It is not $1/2$ — the condition keeps three outcomes, not two.

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0.33 (± 0.01)

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