Assume that you are trying to assess if a coin is unbiased or not. You toss the coin 100 times, expecting that around 50 of these tosses will be heads if the coin is fair. However, you observe 60 heads in total, and then you claim that coin is biased. What is the probability that your conclusion is false?

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Assume that you are trying to assess if a coin is unbiased or not. You toss the coin 100 times, expecting
that around 50 of these tosses will be heads if the coin is fair. However, you observe 60 heads in total, and
then you claim that coin is biased. What is the probability that your conclusion is false?

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