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If 8 unbiased coins are tossed simultaneously, what is the probability of getting at least 6 heads?

39 256 \frac{39}{256} 37 256 \frac{37}{256} 25 57 \frac{25}{57} 43 256 \frac{43}{256}

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Chung Kevin
Mar 5, 2016

Rough solution :

For a binomial distribution , the probability of obtaining exactly k k successes out of n n trials with success rate of each trial be p p is P ( k ) = ( n k ) p k ( 1 p ) n k . P(k) = \dbinom nk p^k (1-p)^{n-k} \; .

So we want to find P ( 6 ) + P ( 7 ) + P ( 8 ) P(6) + P(7) + P(8) , which equals to

1 2 8 [ ( 8 6 ) + ( 8 7 ) + ( 8 8 ) ] = 37 256 . \dfrac1{2^8} \left [ \dbinom 86 + \dbinom 87 + \dbinom 88 \right ] = \boxed{\dfrac{37}{256}} \; .

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