A magician claims that he has a fair coinfair because both sides, heads and tails, are equally

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A magician claims that he has a fair coin—“fair” because both sides, heads and tails, are equally likely to land face up when the coin is flipped. He tells you that if you flip the coin three times, the probability of getting three tails is 1>8. Is this an empirical probability or a theoretical probability? Explain.

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Essential Statistics

ISBN: 9780134134406

2nd Edition

Authors: Robert Gould, Colleen N. Ryan, Rebecca Wong

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