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Use the formula for the probability of the complement of an event.A coin is flipped 4 times. Let E be the event of getting at least 1 head.Which of the following describes the event Ec?A) getting exactly 1 headB) getting at most 1 head C) getting at most 2 headsD) getting no headsHow many elements are in the event Ec? _______P(Ec)= ______P(E)= ______

Use the formula for the probability of the complement of an event.A coin is flipped-example-1

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D) getting no heads

16 elements

P(Ec) = 1/16

P(E) = 15/16

Explanation:

We have the following:

A coin is flipped 4 times.

The probability of head is the same as tail, in both cases it is 0.5.


P(head)=P(tail)=(1)/(2)

The sample space or total number of possible outcomes are 2^4 or 16 outcomes. E is the event of getting at least 1 head.

Therefore, the complement of this event (Ec) would be of getting no heads. There is only one element in event Ec.


\begin{gathered} P(E^C)=P(0\text{ head})=P(4\text{ tails}) \\ P(E^C)=(1)/(2)\cdot(1)/(2)\cdot(1)/(2)\cdot(1)/(2)=(1)/(16) \end{gathered}

Using the formula for probability of complement of an event


\begin{gathered} P(E^C)+P(E^{})=1 \\ P(E^{})=1-P(E^C) \\ P(E^{})=1-(1)/(16)=(15)/(16) \end{gathered}

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