SOLUTION: an unbiased coin is tossed 5 times. find the probobility that , there are exactly 4 heads

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Question 379729: an unbiased coin is tossed 5 times. find the probobility that , there are exactly 4 heads
Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
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5 coin flips can come up a total of 2^5, or 32 different ways. Only five of those 32 ways have exactly 4 heads...the answer is 5/32.
The proper way is to look at 5%21+%2F%28%284%21%29%281%21%29%29 which equals 5.