Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences · Problem 16.3.4

FUNCTIONS OF A COMPLEX VARIABLE — Mary Boas

Mathematics — Methods · probability-theorems-weighted-coin

Problem

(a) A weighted coin has probability 23\frac{2}{3} of showing heads and 13\frac{1}{3} of showing tails. Find the probabilities of hhhh, htht, thth, and tttt in two tosses of the coin. Set up the sample space and the associated probabilities. Do the probabilities add to 1 as they should? What is the probability of at least one head? What is the probability of two heads if you know there was at least one head? (b) For the coin in (a), set up the sample space for three tosses, find the associated probabilities, and use it to answer the questions in Problem 2.12.

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