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Another Biased Coin...
Source:
2/19/2006
When a certain biased coin is flipped five times, the probability of getting heads exactly once is not equal to
0
0
0
and is the same as that of getting heads exactly twice. Let
i
j
\frac ij
j
i
ā
, in lowest terms, be the probability that the coin comes up heads in exactly
3
3
3
out of
5
5
5
flips. Find
i
+
j
i+j
i
+
j
.
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