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1031. A coin is tossed 6 times. What is the probability of getting at least two heads?
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1032. A coin is tossed 6 times. What is the probability of getting at least four heads?
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1033. A coin is tossed 5 times. What is the probabilities of obtaining at least 2 tails?


Here n = 5
Let p be the proability of getting a tail
therefore space space space straight p space equals space 1 half comma space space straight q space equals space 1 minus straight p space equals 1 minus 1 half space equals 1 half

P(at least 2 tails) = 1 - open square brackets straight P left parenthesis 0 right parenthesis space plus space straight P left parenthesis 1 right parenthesis close square brackets

                       equals space 1 minus open square brackets straight C presuperscript 5 subscript 0 space open parentheses 1 half close parentheses to the power of 5 plus space straight C presuperscript 5 subscript 1 open parentheses 1 half close parentheses to the power of 4 space open parentheses 1 half close parentheses space close square brackets space equals space 1 minus space open parentheses 1 half close parentheses to the power of 5 space left square bracket space 1 plus 5 right square bracket
space equals space 1 minus 6 over 32 space equals 1 minus 3 over 16 space equals 13 over 16

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1034. A fair coin is tossed 7 times. Find the probability of obtaining at least 5 tails.
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1035. A coin is tossed 3 times. Find the probability of at least two heads.
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1036. A die is thrown 5 times. If getting an odd number is success, find the probability of getting at least 4 successes.
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1037. A die is thrown 6 times. If getting an odd number is a success, what is the probability of at least 5 successes?
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1038. A die is thrown 6 times. Getting a number greater than 4 is considered a success. Find the probability of at least two successes.
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1039. An unbiased die is thrown 3 times. If getting a 2 or 5 is considered a success, find the probability of at least 2 successes.
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1040. Five dice are thrown simultaneously. If the occurrence of 3, 4 or 5 in a single die is considered a success, find the probability of at least three successes.
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