Change the mixed numbers into improper fractions:
5/3 X 9/2

Reduce - the 3 and 9 can be simplified
5/1 X 3/2

multiple numerators and denominators
15/2

Not sure how you need the answer - i would change it into a mixed number
7 1/2

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3 years ago

a fair coin is flipped 10 times. what is the probability of getting the same number of heads and tails

Dafna11 [192]

If you flip a coin one time, the probability to get a Head is

p = 1/2

The probability of not getting a head in a single toss is :

q = 1 - 1/2 = 1/2

Thus there is only one unique situation to get the same number of heads and tails : in 10 toss you need to get exactly five heads, it will means that the rest is the tails.

Now using Binomial theorem of probability, the probability of getting exactly x = 5 heads in a total of n = 10 tosses is :

P(X = 5) = $\frac{10!}{5!*5!} *(\frac{1}{2})^{5} *(\frac{1}{2})^{5}$ ≈ 0.246

So the probability of that is 24,6 %

Good Luck

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2 years ago