SOLUTION: Suppose you have an extremely unfair coin: the probability of a head is 1/5, and the probability of a tail is 4/5. If you toss the coin 40 times, how many heads do you expect to se
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Question 1036489: Suppose you have an extremely unfair coin: the probability of a head is 1/5, and the probability of a tail is 4/5. If you toss the coin 40 times, how many heads do you expect to see?
A. 8
B. 6
C. 5
D. 4
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Suppose you have an extremely unfair coin: the probability of a head is 1/5, and the probability of a tail is 4/5. If you toss the coin 40 times, how many heads do you expect to see?-----
Ans: (1/5)40 = 8
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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A. 8
B. 6
C. 5
D. 4
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