1) Rework problem 11 from section 4.1 of your text involving the flipping of a weighted coin. Assume that the coin is weighted so that a tail is 7 times as likely as a head. The coin is flipped 6 times. What is the probability that both heads and tails occur?    (2) Rework problem 15 from section 4.1 of your text involving a true-false test. Assume that 24 questions are answered by guessing. What is the probability of exactly 17 correct answers?

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Section11.8: Probabilities Of Disjoint And Overlapping Events
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(1) Rework problem 11 from section 4.1 of your text involving the flipping of a weighted coin. Assume that the coin is weighted so that a tail is 7 times as likely as a head. The coin is flipped 6 times.

What is the probability that both heads and tails occur? 

 

(2) Rework problem 15 from section 4.1 of your text involving a true-false test. Assume that 24 questions are answered by guessing.

What is the probability of exactly 17 correct answers? 

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