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BaLLatris [955]
3 years ago
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If a penny is tossed five times, what is the probability of all tails? a zero b 1/16 c 1/32 d larger than the probability of all

heads
Mathematics
1 answer:
amid [387]3 years ago
4 0
  Required probability  = (1/2)^5  = 1/32

Its c  (assuming that its a fair coin).
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You have the variable X with binomial distribution, the probability of success is 0.5 and the sample size is n= 10 (I suppose)

If the probability of success p=0.5 then the probability of failure is q= 1 - p= 1 - 0.5 ⇒ q= 0.5

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You have two ways of solving this excersice

1) Using the formula

P(X)= \frac{n!}{(n-X)!X!} * (p)^X * (q)^{n-X}

2) Using a table of cummulative probabilities of the binomial distribution.

a. P(X = 0)

Formula:

P(X=0)= \frac{10!}{(10-0)!0!} * (0.5)^0 * (0.5)^{10-0}

P(X = 0) = 0.00097 ≅ 0.001

Using the table:

P(X = 0) = P(X ≤ 0) = 0.0010

b. P(X = 1)

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P(X=1)= \frac{10!}{(10-1)!1!} * (0.5)^1 * (0.5)^{10-1}

P(X = 1) = 0.0097 ≅ 0.001

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P(X = 3)= 0.11718 ≅ 0.1172

Using table:

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P(X = 6)= 0.2051

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P(X = 7)= \frac{10!}{(10-7)!7!} * (0.5)^7 * (0.5)^{10-7}

P(X = 7)= 0.11718 ≅ 0.1172

Using table:

P(X = 7) = P(X ≤ 7) - P(X ≤ 6) = 0.9453 - 0.8281= 0.1172

i. P(X = 8)

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P(X = 8)= \frac{10!}{(10-8)!8!} * (0.5)^8 * (0.5)^{10-8}

P(X = 8)= 0.0437 ≅ 0.044

Using table:

P(X = 8) = P(X ≤ 8) - P(X ≤ 7) = 0.9893 - 0.9453= 0.044

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P(X = 9)= \frac{10!}{(10-9)!9!} * (0.5)^9 * (0.5)^{10-9}

P(X = 9)=0.0097 ≅ 0.001

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k. P(X = 10)

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P(X = 10)= \frac{10!}{(10-10)!10!} * (0.5)^{10} * (0.5)^{10-10}

P(X = 10)= 0.00097 ≅ 0.001

Using table:

P(X = 10) = P(X ≤ 10) - P(X ≤ 9) = 1 - 0.9990= 0.001

Note: since 10 is the max number this variable can take, the cummulated probability until it is 1.

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