"If you toss 10 fair coins in the air, what is the probability that EXACTLY 5 will land on tails?"
That would be:
.5^10 = answer, right?
Because, although you need 5 tails...you still need the OTHER 5 to be heads...so therefore you still need all 10 to be a specific result...and a probability of .5 for each(heads or tails)...means .5 x .5 x .5 x .5...etc ... or .5^10, right?
And I don't have a scientific calculator, so could someone give me the decimal and/or percentage answer for this?
Thanks!
2007-10-23
05:52:24
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suezzle
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