What is the probability of flipping a coin three times and getting two heads and one tail, assuming the coin is fair? How does this probability change if the coin is biased towards heads? Furthermore, what is the expected number of heads that would be flipped in five coin tosses?

What is the probability of flipping a coin three times and getting two heads and one tail, assuming the coin is fair? How does this probability change if the coin is biased towards heads? Furthermore, what is the expected number of heads that would be flipped in five coin tosses?

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

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