A coin is tossed 39 times. A person, who claims to have extrasensory perception, is asked to predict the outcome of each flip in advance. She predicts correctly on 15 tosses. What is the probability of being correct 15 or more times by guessing?  Round to the nearest thousandth.

College Algebra
10th Edition
ISBN:9781337282291
Author:Ron Larson
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Chapter8: Sequences, Series,and Probability
Section8.7: Probability
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A coin is tossed 39 times. A person, who claims to have extrasensory perception, is asked to predict the outcome of each flip in advance. She predicts correctly on 15 tosses. What is the probability of being correct 15 or more times by guessing?  Round to the nearest thousandth.

 
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