document.write( "Question 1204802: Suppose I have an unfair coin, it lands on heads 75% of the time. If I flip this coin four times, what is the probability that I will get 2 heads? What is the mean for number of heads? Variance? Standard deviation? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #841306 by Edwin McCravy(20055)\"\" \"About 
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document.write( "Binomial probability, with \r\n" );
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document.write( "n = number of trials = 4 \r\n" );
document.write( "p = probability of getting a success on 1 trial = 0.75\r\n" );
document.write( "x = exact number of successes to get the probability of getting out of n trials.  \r\n" );
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document.write( "\"C%28n%2Cx%29%28p%5Ex%29%281-p%29%5E%28n-x%29\"\r\n" );
document.write( "\"C%284%2C2%29%280.75%5E2%29%281-0.75%29%5E%284-2%29\"\"%22%22=%22%22\"\"0.2109375\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "What is the mean for number of heads? Variance? Standard deviation?\r\n" );
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document.write( "Mean = \"mu\"\"%22%22=%22%22\"\"n%2Ap\"\r\n" );
document.write( "Variance = \"sigma%5E2\"\"%22%22=%22%22\"\"n%2Ap%2A%281-p%29\"\r\n" );
document.write( "Standard deviation = \"sigma\"\"%22%22=%22%22\"\"sqrt%28n%2Ap%2A%281-p%29%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "You can plug in those formula as well as I can. You may have software to do\r\n" );
document.write( "all this for you if you learn what's what.\r\n" );
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