SOLUTION: If a fair coin is tossed five times, the probability distribution with respect to the number of heads observed is based on the binomial distribution, with n=5 and p=0.50 find the

SOLUTION: If a fair coin is tossed five times, the probability distribution with respect to the number of heads observed is based on the binomial distribution, with n=5 and p=0.50 find the

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Question 1075520: If a fair coin is tossed five times, the probability distribution with respect to the number of heads observed is based on the binomial distribution, with n=5 and p=0.50 find the expected number of heads and standard deviation for the number of heads.

Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
E(x)=2.5
variance is np(1-p)=5*.5*.5=1.25
sd=sqrt(1.25)=1.12
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