A biased coin has a 0.27 chance of coming up heads when flipped. Let X be the number of heads when we flip this coin 5 times. Question: Find P(X<2), that is, find the probability of obtaining less than 2 heads. You can round your answer to two decimal places after the decimal point, like 0.13 or 0.89.

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A biased coin has a 0.27 chance of coming up heads when flipped.
Let X be the number of heads when we flip this coin 5 times.
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Find P(X<2), that is, find the probability of obtaining less than 2 heads.
You can round your answer to two decimal places after the decimal point, like 0.13 or 0.89.
Transcribed Image Text:A biased coin has a 0.27 chance of coming up heads when flipped. Let X be the number of heads when we flip this coin 5 times. Question: Find P(X<2), that is, find the probability of obtaining less than 2 heads. You can round your answer to two decimal places after the decimal point, like 0.13 or 0.89.
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