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Helper
Lv 6
Helper asked in Science & MathematicsMathematics · 1 decade ago

Head and Tail Statistic question?

A bent coin turns up heads with probability .62 . the coin is tossed 12 times

a) number of ways that ne may arrange 4 letters H and 3 letters T into a line ?

is it C(12,4)+C(12,3)?

b) what is the probability of sequence HHHH TTT

is it C(12,4)* (.62)^4*(1-.64)^8 + C(12,3)*(1-.62)^3*(.62)^9?

c) what is probability of sequence HHHTHTT

d) The aggregate probability of all sequences that have four H and three T

Thank you . I m so bad at probability i need your help

Update:

i think its 7 tosses but it is 12 on the book,

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  • M3
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    i'm afraid whatever ans you hv given are incorrect

    and i'm taking it that the coin was tossed SEVEN times

    else the q's don't seem to make any sense

    qa

    # of arrangements = 7c4

    qb

    since one specific sequence has been given,

    reqd. probability

    = .62^4 *.38^3

    qc

    again, reqd. probability

    = .62*3 * .38 * .62 * .38^2

    = .62^4 * .38^3, as for qb

    qd

    multiply by the # of possible sequences

    7c4 * .62^4 * .38^3

  • rudick
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    it particularly is probably no longer lots of something which you practice... particularly, you're given this as a certainty. I recommend, the coin became designed to return up heads basically as oftentimes as tails. it particularly is in certainty random. 50% this, 50% that. it particularly is while in comparison with "weighted" funds, or "weighted" cube, that are bodily designed to be unfair. the closest you are able to come to a evidence is by tossing a coin interior the air a gaggle of cases. in case you do one hundred tosses, approximately 50 would be heads (yet no longer precisely, many times.) in case you do one thousand tosses, of 5000, of a million tosses, you will catch up with to 50/50. (The regulation of extensive numbers.)

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