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− | When a certain biased coin is flipped five times, the probability of getting heads exactly once is not equal to <math>0^{}_{}</math> and is the same as that of getting heads exactly twice. Let <math>\frac ij^{}_{}</math>, in lowest terms, be the probability that the coin comes up heads in exactly <math>3_{}^{}</math> out of <math>5^{}_{}</math> flips. Find <math>i+j^{}_{}</math>. | + | When a certain biased coin is flipped five times, the [[probability]] of getting heads exactly once is not equal to <math>0^{}_{}</math> and is the same as that of getting heads exactly twice. Let <math>\frac ij^{}_{}</math>, in lowest terms, be the probability that the coin comes up heads in exactly <math>3_{}^{}</math> out of <math>5^{}_{}</math> flips. Find <math>i+j^{}_{}</math>. |
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Revision as of 19:51, 23 October 2007
Problem
When a certain biased coin is flipped five times, the probability of getting heads exactly once is not equal to and is the same as that of getting heads exactly twice. Let
, in lowest terms, be the probability that the coin comes up heads in exactly
out of
flips. Find
.
Solution
Denote the probability of getting a heads in one flip of the biased coins as . Based upon the problem, note that
. After canceling out terms, we get
, so
. The answer we are looking for is
, so
.
See also
1989 AIME (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
Preceded by Problem 4 |
Followed by Problem 6 | |
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All AIME Problems and Solutions |