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Chapter 5: Q 3E (page 280)

Suppose that a fair coin (probability of heads equals\(\frac{1}{2}\)) is tossed independently 10 times. Use the table of the binomial distribution given at the end of this book to find the probability that strictly more heads are obtained than tails.

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Probability that strictly more heads are obtained than tails is \(0.3759\)

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01

Given information

A fair coin is tossed 10 times.

Probability of head and tail is \(\frac{1}{2}\)

02

Computing the probability

X be no. of heads obtain.

Strictly more heads than tail obtain:

If\(X \in \left\{ {6,7,8,9,10} \right\}\)

Probability of this event is the number in the binomial table corresponding to

\(p = 0.5\)and\(n = 10\)for k=6,7,...10

By the symmetry of the binomial distribution:

\(\frac{{\left( {1 - {\rm P}\left( {X = 5} \right)} \right)}}{2}\)

\(\frac{{\left( {1 - 0.2461} \right)}}{2}\)

\( = 0.3759\)

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