Suppose you have a Hungarian coin in your hand-a 100 forint coin. One side is heads and the other side it tails. You want to test if it is a fair coin. You flip it 100 times and it lands on heads 70 times and tails 30 times. What is the expected value of the number of heads? That is, what is fe?

Suppose you have a Hungarian coin in your hand-a 100 forint coin. One side is heads and the other side it tails. You want to test if it is a fair coin. You flip it 100 times and it lands on heads 70 times and tails 30 times. What is the expected value of the number of heads? That is, what is fe?

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