document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=947926>Question 947926</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Suppose that an unfair coin comes up heads 53.7% of the time. The coin is flipped a total of 17 times.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a.) What is the probability that you get exactly 10 tails?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b.) What is the probability that you get at most 15 heads? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Binomial Problem with n = 17 and p(heads) = 0.537<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " a.) What is the probability that you get exactly 10 tails?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ans: P(x = 10) = 17C10*0.537^10*0.463^7 = binompdf(17,0.537,10) = 0.1770<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " b.) What is the probability that you get at most 15 heads?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ans: P(0<= x <= 15) = binomcdf(17,0.537,15) = 0.9996<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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