Assuming the coin is biased, and the probability of a Head is 0.9, work out the theoretical mean and standard deviation for a single coin toss. Assuming the coin is unbiased (P(X-1)=P(X=0)-0.5), work out the theoretical mean and standard deviation for a single coin toss (a Bernoulli random variable, because it is a single toss). +

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Assuming the coin is biased, and the probability of a Head is 0.9, work out the theoretical mean and standard deviation for a single coin toss.
Assuming the coin is unblased (P(X-1)=P(X=0)=0.5), work out the theoretical mean and standard deviation for a single coin toss (a Bernoulli random variable, because it is a single toss).
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