1. Free-Throws Consider Exercise 59, but let the probability of success be p, where 0 < p...

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1. Free-Throws Consider Exercise 59, but let the probability of success be p, where 0 < p < 1. For what value of p will the probability of scoring 1 point be the same as the probability of scoring 2 points?
2. A biased coin shows heads with probability .6. What is the probability of obtaining the sequence HT in two tosses of the coin? TH? Explain how this coin can be used at the start of a football game to fairly determine which team is to kick off.
3. A coin is tossed five times. Is the outcome HTHHT more likely to occur than the outcome HHHHH?
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Finite Mathematics and Its Applications

ISBN: 978-0134768632

12th edition

Authors: Larry J. Goldstein, David I. Schneider, Martha J. Siegel, Steven Hair

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