A fair coin is tossed n times. Show that, under reasonable assumptions, the probability of exactly k heads is (2)()". What is the corresponding quantity when heads appears with probability p on each toss?

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A fair coin is tossed n times. Show that, under reasonable assumptions, the probability of exactly
k heads is () ()". What is the corresponding quantity when heads appears with probability p on
each toss?
Transcribed Image Text:A fair coin is tossed n times. Show that, under reasonable assumptions, the probability of exactly k heads is () ()". What is the corresponding quantity when heads appears with probability p on each toss?
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