It should be double

I have a biased coin, which means that the probability of getting heads is not equal to the probability of getting tails.

If the probability of getting 2 2 heads and 1 1 tail in 3 3 tosses is 1 6 \dfrac{1}{6} , then what is the probability of getting 4 4 heads and 2 2 tails in 6 6 tosses?

1 6 + 1 6 \dfrac{1}{6} + \dfrac{1}{6} None of these choices 1 6 \dfrac{1}{6} 1 6 × 1 6 \dfrac{1}{6} \times \dfrac{1}{6}

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1 solution

Let p p be the probability of tossing a head. Then the probability of tossing a tail is 1 p 1 - p . There are ( 3 2 ) = 3 \dbinom{3}{2} = 3 ways of obtaining 2 2 heads and 1 1 tail in three tosses, each of which occurs with probability p 2 ( 1 p ) p^{2}(1 - p) . Thus we have that

3 p 2 ( 1 p ) = 1 6 p 2 ( 1 p ) = 1 18 3p^{2}(1 - p) = \dfrac{1}{6} \Longrightarrow p^{2}(1 - p) = \dfrac{1}{18} .

Now the probability of tossing 4 4 heads and 2 2 tails in 6 6 tosses is then

( 6 4 ) p 4 ( 1 p ) 2 = 15 ( p 2 ( 1 p ) ) 2 = 15 × ( 1 18 ) 2 = 15 1 8 2 = 5 108 \dbinom{6}{4}p^{4}(1 - p)^{2} = 15(p^{2}(1 - p))^{2} = 15 \times \left(\dfrac{1}{18}\right)^{2} = \dfrac{15}{18^{2}} = \dfrac{5}{108} ,

which does not correspond to any of the numerical options provided, and so the answer is "none of these choices".

Did it the same way !!! Good solution (+1)

abc xyz - 5 years, 1 month ago

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