SOLUTION: A man wins a gambling game iif he gets two heads in five flips of a biased coin. The probability of getting a head with the coin is 0.7. a)find the probability the man will win. S

Question 327963: A man wins a gambling game iif he gets two heads in five flips of a biased coin. The probability of getting a head with the coin is 0.7.
a)find the probability the man will win. Should he play this game?
b)What is the probability of winning if he wins by getting atleast 4 heads in five flips ? Should he play this new game?

Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
5 heads:
4 heads:
3 heads:
2 heads:
1 heads:
0 heads:
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b)
It's not as good as before but still better than a fair coin which should be .
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