Suppose your experiment consists of repeatedly throwing two fair coins,  with "success" when both coins come up "heads".  What is the probability of having exactly 2 successes out of 3 trials?

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Section9.3: Binomial Probability
Problem 2E: If a binomial experiment has probability p success, then the probability of failure is...
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Suppose your experiment consists of repeatedly throwing two fair coins,  with "success" when both coins come up "heads". 

What is the probability of having exactly 2 successes out of 3 trials? 

Enter your number  as "0.???",  rounding to three digits after decimal point. For example, if your answer is 1/3 you would enter 0.333, and if your answer is 2/3 enter 0.667.  

 

Suppose your experiment consists of repeatedly throwing two fair coins,  with "success" when both coins come up "heads". 

What is the probability of having the first success on trial number 5?

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