A coin is tossed 5 times. Find the probability that none are heads. Find the probability that most 2 are heads, the probability that none are heads is?

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A coin is tossed 5 times. Find the probability that none are heads. Find the probability that most 2 are heads, the probability that none are heads is?

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When a coin is tossed there are 2 outcomes. Heads and tails. 

So the probability of getting head is=p=12=0.5

Let us denote X=the number of heads

n=sample size= 5

X follows a binomial distribution with n=5 and p=0.5

 

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