document.write( "Question 610375: Suppose we want to determine the (binomial) probability(p) of getting 6 heads in 14 flips of a 2-sided coin. Using the Binomial Probabilities Table in Appendix B of the text, what values of n, x and p would we use to look up this probability, and what would be the probability?
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document.write( "P(6 heads in 14 flips)
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document.write( "Note: The probability of x successes in n trials is: 
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document.write( "P = nCx*  where p and q are the probabilities of success and failure respectively. In this case  & q = 1/2 or .5
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document.write( "nCx =    and 
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document.write( "P = 14C6(.5)^6(.5)^8 = 3003(.5)^6(.5)^8 = .1833 \n" );
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