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njw321
29 Mar 11 20:46
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Might the mathematically gifted consider the following question which my daughter has to answer for an exam revision:

A biased coin is spun twice. The probability that it will come down heads both times is 00.36.

Calculate the probability that it will come downtails both times.

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Report ALFRESCO • March 29, 2011 9:11 PM BST
heads 00.333333 tails 00.333333 heads/tails 00.333333
Report The Investor • March 30, 2011 1:57 AM BST
=(1-(0.36^0.5))^2

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Report CLYDEBANK29 • March 30, 2011 8:31 AM BST
0.36 or 36% represents the probablility of a head squared so to work out the probability of a head calculate the square root of 0.36.  This works out as 0.6 or 60%.

Therefore the probability of a tail is 0.4 or 40% and the probability of two tails is 0.4 squared which is 0.16 or 16%.
Report njw321 • March 30, 2011 1:18 PM BST
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