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Each if the 24 students in Mr. Macons class flipped 3 coins. How many students would you expect to get 3 heads.

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Solution


n=24

The probability of getting 3 heads from 3 coins is


p=(1)/(8)

The expected value will be


\begin{gathered} E(X)=24*(1)/(8) \\ \\ E(X)=3 \end{gathered}

The answer is 3 students

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