Chapter 15: Q3P (page 749)
A coin is tossed repeatedly; x = number of the toss at which a head first appears.
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The required values are mentioned below.
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Chapter 15: Q3P (page 749)
A coin is tossed repeatedly; x = number of the toss at which a head first appears.
The required values are mentioned below.
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(a) There are 10 chairs in a row and 8 people to be seated. In how many ways can this be done?
(b) There are 10 questions on a test and you are to do 8 of them. In how many
Ways can you choose them?
(c) In part (a) what is the probability that the first two chairs in the row are vacant?
(d) In part (b), what is the probability that you omit the first two problems in the
test?
(e) Explain why the answer to parts (a) and (b) are different, but the answers to
(c) and (d) are the same.
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