document.write( "Question 1023052: Use the equiprobable sample space to commute the probability of getting exactly 3 heads in 6 tosses of a fair coin \n" ); document.write( "

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The binomial distribution covers the equiprobable sample space case.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The binomial pmf is $\"p%28x%29+=+C%28n%2Cx%29%281%2F2%29%5E%28n-x%29%281%2F2%29%5Ex+=+C%28n%2Cx%29%281%2F2%29%5En\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Applied to this situation this becomes $\"p%28x%29+=+C%286%2Cx%29%281%2F2%29%5E6\"$ .\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "==> $\"p%283%29+=+C%286%2C3%29%281%2F2%29%5E6+=+C%286%2C3%29%2F2%5E6+=+5%2F16\"$ \n" ); document.write( "

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