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Algebra.Com's Answer #648366 by stanbon(75887)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! take 100 sets of 10 tosses of an unbiased coin. 1 \n" ); document.write( "in how many cases do u expect to get 7 heads at least \n" ); document.write( "--------- \n" ); document.write( "For each set of 10 tosses you have a binomial problem \n" ); document.write( "with n = 10 and p(heads) = 1/2 \n" ); document.write( "---- \n" ); document.write( "P(7<= x <= 10) = 1-P(0<= x <= 6) = 1-binomcdf(10,1/2,6) = 0.1718 \n" ); document.write( "------------ \n" ); document.write( "Since the probabilities for each of the 100 sets are independent \n" ); document.write( "the expected # of sets with at least 7 heads is 0.1718 *100 = 17 \n" ); document.write( "--------------- \n" ); document.write( "Cheers, \n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( "--------------- \n" ); document.write( " |