document.write( "Question 615853: Can someone please help I am still not understanding.
\n" ); document.write( "Suppose we want to determine the (binomial) probability (p) of getting 0 (zero) heads in 5 flips of a 2-sided coin. Using Table 2 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?\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "I know that n= 5 and x= O p=0.05\r
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\n" ); document.write( "n x 0.01 0.05 0.10 0.20 0.30 0.40 0.50 0.60 0.70
\n" ); document.write( "5 0 .951 .774 .590 .328 .168 .078 .031 .010 .002\r
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The probability is really p = 0.5 (since 1/2 = 0.5)\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now look for the value of p = 0.5 (in green). Below is the answer (in red)\r
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document.write( "n  x     0.01  0.05  0.10  0.20  0.30  0.40  0.50  0.60  0.70\r\n" );
document.write( "5  0     .951  .774  .590  .328  .168  .078  0.031  .010  .002\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Answer: So the probability of getting exactly 0 heads in 5 flips is approximately 0.031 \n" ); document.write( "

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