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by [email protected] » Thu Mar 10, 2016 4:34 pm
Hi didieravoaka,

This prompt is actually a remarkably straight-forward probability question, since it asks you for an EXACT series of results based on coin flips:

HHHTT

Since there's a 1/2 chance of flipping heads and a 1/2 chance of flipping tails, the probability of flipping that exact sequence of events is:

(1/2)(1/2)(1/2)(1/2)(1/2) = 1/32

Final Answer: E

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by didieravoaka » Mon Mar 14, 2016 7:32 pm
Wow! That's really a straight-forward problem.

Thanks Rich!
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