Fundamentals of Corporate Finance (Special Edition for Rutgers Business School)
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ISBN: 9781308509853
Author: Ross, Westerfield, Jordan
Publisher: McGraw Hill
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Probabilities [LO3] Suppose you are flipping a fair coin in a coin-flipping contest and have flipped eight heads in a row. What is the probability of flipping a head on your next coin flip? Suppose you flipped a head on your ninth toss. What is the probability of flipping a head on your tenth toss?
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Fundamentals of Corporate Finance (Special Edition for Rutgers Business School)
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