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Q.Eight unbiased coins tossed simultaneously. Find the probability of getting exactly five heads and at least five heads.

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Use the binomial distribution with n=8n=8, p=1/2p=1/2.

Each coin toss is a Bernoulli trial with p=q=1/2p=q=1/2, and n=8n=8 tosses, so X∼B(8,1/2)X\sim B(8,1/2) with

P(X=r)=(8r)(12)8=(8r)256P(X=r)=\binom{8}{r}\left(\dfrac12\right)^8=\dfrac{\binom8r}{256}

Exactly 5 heads:

P(X=5)=(85)256=56256=732P(X=5)=\dfrac{\binom85}{256}=\dfrac{56}{256}=\dfrac{7}{32}

At least 5 heads: …

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