SOLUTION: A coin is weighted so that there is a 62% chance that it will come up "heads" when flipped. The coin is flipped four times. Find the probability of getting two "heads" and two "

Question 1153419: A coin is weighted so that there is a 62% chance that it will come up "heads" when flipped.
The coin is flipped four times. Find the probability of getting two "heads" and two "tails".
Answer by ikleyn(52818) (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(2 heads and 2 tails in 4 flipping) = , where  = .


             P(2 heads and 2 tails in 4 flipping) =  = 0.333044 = 33.044%.    ANSWER

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