SOLUTION: Flip a fair coin 14 times. Find the probability of getting the following outcome. (Round your answer to three decimal places.) at most 2 heads I did (2+14)(.5)^14 and got .00

Question 515039: Flip a fair coin 14 times. Find the probability of getting the following outcome. (Round your answer to three decimal places.)
at most 2 heads
I did (2+14)(.5)^14 and got .000976562 and rounded it to .001 but it wasnt right
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20054) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Flip a fair coin 14 times. Find the probability of getting the following
outcome. (Round your answer to three decimal places.)
at most 2 heads

I'm not sure this is the binomial probability formula you used in its exact
form but it is equivalent:

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.0064697266 which rounds to .006.

Edwin

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