SOLUTION: . In a biased coin, the probability of tossing heads is 1/100 more likely than the probability of tossing tails. How many heads would you expect to toss if you toss the coin 200 ti

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Question 1032515: . In a biased coin, the probability of tossing heads is 1/100 more likely than the probability of tossing tails. How many heads would you expect to toss if you toss the coin 200 times?
Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
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If the probability of heads is 1% greater, then we can write
P(heads) = .505 and P(tails) = .495
Thus we would expect
200(.505) = 101 heads