Buffon's coin tosses that land head side up. Are you confident that this proportion is not 0.5? Why?

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21.20 Count Buffon's coin. The eighteenth-century French naturalist Count Buffon tossed a
coin 4040 times. He got 2048 heads. Give a 95% confidence interval for the proportion of all
Buffon's coin tosses that land head side up. Are you confident that this proportion is not 0.5?
Why?
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Transcribed Image Text:21.20 Count Buffon's coin. The eighteenth-century French naturalist Count Buffon tossed a coin 4040 times. He got 2048 heads. Give a 95% confidence interval for the proportion of all Buffon's coin tosses that land head side up. Are you confident that this proportion is not 0.5? Why? IN THE
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