Each day John performs the following experiment: he flips a coin repeatedly until he gets tails and counts the number of coin flips needed. (a) Approximate the probability that in a year there are at least 3 days when he needed more than 10 coin flips. (b) Approximate the probability that in a year there are more than 50 days when he needed exactly 3 coin flips.

Each day John performs the following experiment: he flips a coin repeatedly until he gets tails and counts the number of coin flips needed. (a) Approximate the probability that in a year there are at least 3 days when he needed more than 10 coin flips. (b) Approximate the probability that in a year there are more than 50 days when he needed exactly 3 coin flips.

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

Section: Chapter Questions

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