SOLUTION: Ahmad tossed a fair coin 10 times. Find the chances that the number of heads is between 4 and 6,inclusive.

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Question 1141924: Ahmad tossed a fair coin 10 times.
Find the chances that the number of heads is between 4 and 6,inclusive.

Answer by ikleyn(52754) About Me  (Show Source):
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When a fair coin tossed 10 times, the number of all possible outcomes is  2%5E10 = 1024.


The number of "favorable" outcomes is  C%5B10%5D%5E4 + C%5B10%5D%5E5 + C%5B10%5D%5E6 =  = 672.


Therefore, the probability under the question is  P = 672%2F1024 = 21%2F32 = 0.65625 = 65.625%.    ANSWER