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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?


Here n = 6
Let p be the probabilities of getting a head
therefore space space straight p space equals space 1 half comma space space straight q space equals space 1 minus 1 half space equals space 1 half
P(at least four heads) =P(4) + +P(5) + P(6)
                                  equals space straight C presuperscript 6 subscript 4 space open parentheses 1 half close parentheses to the power of 4 space space open parentheses 1 half close parentheses to the power of 4 space plus space straight C presuperscript 6 subscript 5 space open parentheses 1 half close parentheses space open parentheses 1 half close parentheses to the power of 5 plus space straight C presuperscript 6 subscript 6 space open parentheses 1 half close parentheses to the power of 6
space equals space open parentheses 1 half close parentheses to the power of 6 space left square bracket straight C presuperscript 6 subscript 4 space plus space straight C presuperscript 6 subscript 5 space plus space straight C presuperscript 6 subscript 6 right square bracket space equals space 1 over 64 open square brackets fraction numerator 6 cross times 5 over denominator 1 cross times 2 end fraction plus 6 over 1 plus 1 close square brackets
space equals space 1 over 64 left parenthesis 15 plus 6 plus 1 right parenthesis space equals space 22 over 34 space equals space 11 over 32

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1033. A coin is tossed 5 times. What is the probabilities of obtaining at least 2 tails?
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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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