SOLUTION: A coin is weighted so that there is a 59% chance that it will come up "heads" when flipped. The coin is flipped four times. Find the probability of getting exactly three heads.

Question 1153418: A coin is weighted so that there is a 59% chance that it will come up "heads" when flipped.
The coin is flipped four times. Find the probability of getting exactly three heads.
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Answer by ikleyn(52778) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Use the binomial probability distribution to solve this problem.



Probability  P(exactly 3 heads in 4 flipping) = , where  =  = 4.


             P(exactly 3 heads in 4 flipping) =  = 0.3368 = 33.68%.    ANSWER

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