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A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)
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Transcribed Image Text:Joe and Maxine are playing a game where they flip a fair coin four times and try to predict the outcomes.
Joe thinks that the probability of getting exactly two heads in the four flips is greater than the probability
of getting heads on both the first and second flips. Maxine disagrees. She thinks that the two
probabilities are equal.
The sample space of possible outcomes is listed below. H represents heads, and T represents tails.
Who is correct, Joe or Maxine?
Choose 1 answer:
Joe is correct.
Maxine is correct.
ННН
HHHT
TΤΗΤ
HTTH
THHH
TTTT
TTTH
TTHH
HTHH
HTTT
HHTT
ΤΗΤΗ
HHTH
THTT
HΤHT
THHT
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