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A coin with probability p>0 of turning up heads is tossed 4 times. Let X be...

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A coin with probability p>0 of turning up heads is tossed 4times. Let X be the number of times heads are tossed.

(a) Find the probability function of X in terms of p.

(b) The result above can be extended to the case of nindependent tosses (that is, for a generic number of tosses), andthe probability function in this case receives a very specificname. Find the name of this particular probability function.

Notice that the probability of turning up tails in one toss is1−p.

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Probability of turning up heads in one toss p 0 Probability of turning up tails in one toss 1p number of tosses 4 Let X be the number of times heads are tossed a Find    See Answer
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