Suppose you have a rigged coin that gives a higher probability of coming up heads. (Probability Pheads = H, 0.5 < H < 1)   a) On average, how many times do you have to toss the coin to get the first hea   b) How many tosses do you have to make to get 2 heads in a ro   c) How many tosses do you have to make to get n heads in a row

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Suppose you have a rigged coin that gives a higher probability of coming up heads. (Probability Pheads = H, 0.5 < H < 1)

 

a) On average, how many times do you have to toss the coin to get the first hea

 

b) How many tosses do you have to make to get 2 heads in a ro

 

c) How many tosses do you have to make to get n heads in a row

 

 

 

 

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