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Assume Five Fair Coins Are Tossed at Once \quad \quad

Question 49

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Assume five fair coins are tossed at once. Construct a table showing the probability distribution for the events 5 heads, 4
Heads, 3 heads, 2 heads, 1 head, and 0 heads.. \quad \quad
 Tossing 5 Coins \text { Tossing } 5 \text { Coins }
 Result  Probability  Total \begin{array}{lll}\hline\text { Result } &\text { Probability }\\\hline \\\\\\\\\\\\\hline\text { Total }&&\\\end{array}


A)
\quad \quad  Tossing 5 Coins \text { Tossing } 5 \text { Coins }
 Result  Probability 5 heads 0 tails 1/64 heads 1 tail 1/63 heads 2 tails 1/62 heads 3 tails 1/61 head 4 tails 1/60 heads 5 tails 1/6 Total 1\begin{array}{llc}\hline\text { Result } &&\text { Probability }\\\hline5 \text { heads } & 0 \text { tails } & 1 / 6 \\4 \text { heads } & 1 \text { tail } & 1 / 6 \\3 \text { heads } & 2 \text { tails } & 1 / 6 \\2 \text { heads } & 3 \text { tails } & 1 / 6 \\1 \text { head } & 4 \text { tails } & 1 / 6 \\0 \text { heads } & 5 \text { tails } & 1 / 6\\\hline\\\text { Total }&&1\\\hline \end{array}


B)
\quad \quad  Tossing 5 Coins \text { Tossing } 5 \text { Coins }
 Result  Probability 5 heads 0 tails 14 heads 1 tail 53 heads 2 tails 102 heads 3 tails 101 head 4 tails 50 heads 5 tails 1Total32\begin{array}{clc}\hline\text { Result } &&\text { Probability }\\ \hline5 \text { heads } & 0 \text { tails } & 1 \\4 \text { heads } & 1 \text { tail } & 5 \\3 \text { heads } & 2 \text { tails } & 10 \\2 \text { heads } & 3 \text { tails } & 10 \\1 \text { head } & 4 \text { tails } & 5 \\0 \text { heads } & 5 \text { tails } & 1\\\hline\text {Total}&&32 \end{array}


C)
\quad \quad  Tossing 5 Coins \text { Tossing } 5 \text { Coins }
 Result  Probability 5 heads 0 tails 1/324 heads 1 tail 5/323 heads 2 tails 10/322 heads 3 tails 10/321 head 4 tails 5/320 heads 5 tails 1/32 Total 1\begin{array}{llc}\hline\text { Result } &&\text { Probability }\\\hline5 \text { heads } & 0 \text { tails } & 1 / 32 \\4 \text { heads } & 1 \text { tail } & 5 / 32 \\3 \text { heads } & 2 \text { tails } & 10 / 32 \\2 \text { heads } & 3 \text { tails } & 10 / 32 \\1 \text { head } & 4 \text { tails } & 5 / 32 \\0 \text { heads } & 5 \text { tails } & 1 / 32\\\hline\text { Total }&&1\end{array}




D)
\quad \quad  Tossing 5 Coins \text { Tossing } 5 \text { Coins }
 Result  Probability 5 heads 0 tails 14 heads 1 tail 13 heads 2 tails 12 heads 3 tails 11 head 4 tails 10 heads 5 tails 1 Total 6\begin{array}{llc}\hline\text { Result } &&\text { Probability }\\\hline5 \text { heads } & 0 \text { tails } & 1 \\4 \text { heads } & 1 \text { tail } & 1 \\3 \text { heads } & 2 \text { tails } & 1 \\2 \text { heads } & 3 \text { tails } & 1 \\1 \text { head } & 4 \text { tails } & 1 \\0 \text { heads } & 5 \text { tails } & 1\\\hline\text { Total }&&6\end{array}

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