SOLUTION: . In a biased coin, the probability of tossing heads is 1/100 more likely than the probability of tossing tails. How many heads would you expect to toss if you toss the coin 200 ti
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Question 1032515: . In a biased coin, the probability of tossing heads is 1/100 more likely than the probability of tossing tails. How many heads would you expect to toss if you toss the coin 200 times?
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If the probability of heads is 1% greater, then we can write
P(heads) = .505 and P(tails) = .495
Thus we would expect
200(.505) = 101 heads
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