What is the conditional probability that exactly fourheads

Chapter 10, Problem 23E

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Problem 23E

What is the conditional probability that exactly fourheads appear when a fair coin is flipped five times, given that the first flip came up heads?

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Problem 23E

What is the conditional probability that exactly fourheads appear when a fair coin is flipped five times, given that the first flip came up heads?

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We need to find the conditional probability that exactly four heads appear when a fair coin is flipped five times.

There are  equal outcomes of flipping a fair coin five times in which the first flip comes up heads.

 

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