SOLUTION: What is the probability of getting exactly 4 heads in 8 flips of a fair coin?

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Question 1186045: What is the probability of getting exactly 4 heads in 8 flips of a fair coin?
Answer by ikleyn(52851)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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    P =  =  = 0.2734375  (rounded).     ANSWER

Solved.


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This problem is about the Binomial Distribution probability.

To see many other similar  (and different)  solved problems,  look into the lessons
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    - Typical binomial distribution probability problems
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